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 44th out of 206 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.
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
- Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.31 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 12.97 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 6.41 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 64.18 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 31.71 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.85 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.2 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 15.47 % (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 44th out of 206 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.