Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain
Spain: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.23 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 0.23 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 4.5% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain peaked at 0.23 LSU/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 93rd out of 206 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1044 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.124 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.145 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.161 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.199 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.208 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2275 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More environment data for Spain
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 22.81 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,759 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 629.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 19.78 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 40.13 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 9,886 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 20.69 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 5,096 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 46.21 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11,384 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain was 0.23 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.23 LSU/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Spain ranks 93rd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.