Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.8 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Puerto Rico, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Puerto Rico is 0.8 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Puerto Rico peaked at 1.17 LSU/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.45 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Puerto Rico 14th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.45 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 0.48 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.53 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 0.56 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 0.6 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 0.63 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 0.68 LSU/ha | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 0.66 LSU/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 0.66 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.68 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.68 LSU/ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.65 LSU/ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 0.61 LSU/ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 0.63 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 0.69 LSU/ha | +9.5% |
| 1983 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.68 LSU/ha | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 0.86 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 0.63 LSU/ha | -26.7% |
| 1993 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +31.7% |
| 1994 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.71 LSU/ha | -14.5% |
| 1996 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 0.85 LSU/ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 0.89 LSU/ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 0.95 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 1.01 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 1.08 LSU/ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 1.17 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 1.11 LSU/ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 1.12 LSU/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.1 LSU/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 1.09 LSU/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1.03 LSU/ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.97 LSU/ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.92 LSU/ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.86 LSU/ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.78 LSU/ha | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 0.81 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.81 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.82 LSU/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.82 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8 LSU/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.84 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.84 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.72 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | 0.54 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.65 LSU/ha | 0.56 LSU/ha | 0.7 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.718 LSU/ha | 0.61 LSU/ha | 0.78 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.795 LSU/ha | 0.63 LSU/ha | 0.89 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.95 LSU/ha | 1.17 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.828 LSU/ha | 0.78 LSU/ha | 0.92 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8 LSU/ha | 0.72 LSU/ha | 0.84 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 12 Costa Rica 0.91 LSU/ha compare
- 13 New Zealand 0.88 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Norway 0.8 LSU/ha compare
- 16 Japan 0.79 LSU/ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 0.77 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Puerto Rico
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5906 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4091 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 864.98 million SLC (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 1.1 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 5.77 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 0.6793 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 5.77 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Puerto Rico?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Puerto Rico was 0.8 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 LSU/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.45 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Puerto Rico ranks 14th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.