Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Samoa
Samoa: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.49 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Samoa stood at 0.49 LSU/ha.
That represents a change of up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Samoa peaked at 0.67 LSU/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.15 LSU/ha, in 1984.
That places Samoa 41st out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Samoa, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.17 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -10.5% |
| 1966 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 0.19 LSU/ha | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +13.3% |
| 1987 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +11.8% |
| 1988 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +42.1% |
| 1990 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.67 LSU/ha | +36.7% |
| 2010 | 0.6 LSU/ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 0.57 LSU/ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 0.52 LSU/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 0.48 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.44 LSU/ha | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.45 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +19.0% |
| 2022 | 0.49 LSU/ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.49 LSU/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.19 LSU/ha, 2.6× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.49 LSU/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.195 LSU/ha, 2.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +42.1% | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.211 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.187 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.301 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.438 LSU/ha | 0.35 LSU/ha | 0.67 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.485 LSU/ha | 0.42 LSU/ha | 0.6 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.475 LSU/ha | 0.42 LSU/ha | 0.5 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Samoa?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Samoa was 0.49 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.67 LSU/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 LSU/ha in 1984.
- How does Samoa rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Samoa ranks 41st out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.