Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in United States of America
United States of America: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in United States of America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 0.21 LSU/ha for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in United States of America peaked at 0.31 LSU/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.21 LSU/ha, in 2013.
United States of America ranks 14th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in United States of America, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.22 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.3 LSU/ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 0.29 LSU/ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 0.27 LSU/ha | -6.9% |
| 1979 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.26 LSU/ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 0.24 LSU/ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.24 LSU/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2433 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.28 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.252 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.237 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.217 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2175 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2 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
- 14 Micronesia 0.16 LSU/ha compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.14 LSU/ha compare
- 16 Japan 0.79 LSU/ha compare
- 16 Melanesia 0.11 LSU/ha compare
- 17 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.08 LSU/ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 0.77 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for United States of America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard -9.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, annual -9.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 2.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 2.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 5.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 1.4 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in United States of America?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in United States of America was 0.21 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.31 LSU/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2013.
- How does United States of America rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- United States of America ranks 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.