Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.26 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 0.26 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 4.0% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Europe peaked at 0.26 LSU/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.2 LSU/ha, in 1964.
That places Southern Europe 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.21 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.2 LSU/ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2122 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.223 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.242 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2575 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 8 Guadeloupe 1.03 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Malta 1.03 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 0.3 LSU/ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia 0.92 LSU/ha compare
- 10 Switzerland 0.92 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Costa Rica 0.91 LSU/ha compare
- 13 New Zealand 0.88 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Norway 0.8 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Puerto Rico 0.8 LSU/ha compare
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- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 5.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -8.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 339,745 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Europe?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Southern Europe was 0.26 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.26 LSU/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 LSU/ha in 1964.
- How does Southern Europe rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Southern Europe ranks 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.