Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.47 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 0.47 LSU/ha for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Asia peaked at 0.47 LSU/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.35 LSU/ha, in 1962.
That places Southern Asia 5th out of 31 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.36 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.35 LSU/ha | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.35 LSU/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.37 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.39 LSU/ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.39 LSU/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.43 LSU/ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3567 LSU/ha | 0.35 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.366 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.383 LSU/ha | 0.37 LSU/ha | 0.39 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.397 LSU/ha | 0.39 LSU/ha | 0.4 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.408 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 0.44 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.442 LSU/ha | 0.43 LSU/ha | 0.46 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.465 LSU/ha | 0.46 LSU/ha | 0.47 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 2 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.87 LSU/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Korea 1.67 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Belgium 1.49 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Ireland 1.4 LSU/ha compare
- 6 Bangladesh 1.32 LSU/ha compare
- 7 Luxembourg 1.24 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Guadeloupe 1.03 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Malta 1.03 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 0.3 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.9 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 38.89 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Asia?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Asia was 0.47 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.47 LSU/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.35 LSU/ha in 1962.
- How does Southern Asia rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Southern Asia ranks 5th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.