Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Rwanda

Rwanda: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.38 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.38 LSU/ha
Change on year
up 5.6%
World rank
60th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.41 LSU/ha
in 2020
All-time low
0.14 LSU/ha
in 1993
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Rwanda, 1961–2023

0.10.20.30.4196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.

Analysis

In 2023, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Rwanda stood at 0.38 LSU/ha.

That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Rwanda peaked at 0.41 LSU/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.14 LSU/ha, in 1993.

Rwanda ranks 60th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.2056 LSU/ha 0.16 LSU/ha 0.25 LSU/ha 9
1970s 0.22 LSU/ha 0.19 LSU/ha 0.26 LSU/ha 10
1980s 0.171 LSU/ha 0.16 LSU/ha 0.18 LSU/ha 10
1990s 0.165 LSU/ha 0.14 LSU/ha 0.22 LSU/ha 10
2000s 0.269 LSU/ha 0.2 LSU/ha 0.32 LSU/ha 10
2010s 0.314 LSU/ha 0.29 LSU/ha 0.37 LSU/ha 10
2020s 0.38 LSU/ha 0.36 LSU/ha 0.41 LSU/ha 4

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 57 Belize 0.39 LSU/ha compare
  2. 57 Czechoslovakia 0.39 LSU/ha compare
  3. 57 Réunion 0.39 LSU/ha compare
  4. 60 Kenya 0.38 LSU/ha compare
  5. 62 Chad 0.37 LSU/ha compare
  6. 63 Burkina Faso 0.35 LSU/ha compare
  7. 63 Portugal 0.35 LSU/ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Rwanda?
Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Rwanda was 0.38 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 Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 0.41 LSU/ha in 2020.
What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.14 LSU/ha in 1993.
How does Rwanda rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
Rwanda ranks 60th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Rwanda 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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Indicator
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
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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.