Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan
South Sudan: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.25 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan, 2012–2023
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 South Sudan is 0.25 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan peaked at 0.25 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.21 LSU/ha, in 2012.
That places South Sudan 82nd out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.21 LSU/ha | — |
| 2013 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2019 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2175 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.2425 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 79 Mexico 0.26 LSU/ha compare
- 79 New Caledonia 0.26 LSU/ha compare
- 79 Poland 0.26 LSU/ha compare
- 82 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 LSU/ha compare
- 82 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.25 LSU/ha compare
- 82 Guinea 0.25 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for South Sudan
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -18.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.283 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Country area — Area 64,688 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 19 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 63,193 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 28,251 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 28,251 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan was 0.25 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.25 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- South Sudan ranks 82nd out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.