Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.33 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Viet Nam, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 0.33 LSU/ha for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Viet Nam peaked at 0.43 LSU/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.15 LSU/ha, in 1972.
That places Viet Nam 7th out of 20 regions 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 Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.19 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.19 LSU/ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 1969 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +15.0% |
| 1985 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.3 LSU/ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.32 LSU/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.31 LSU/ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.27 LSU/ha | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4 LSU/ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 0.39 LSU/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.35 LSU/ha | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 0.33 LSU/ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.31 LSU/ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.29 LSU/ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.33 LSU/ha | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1889 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.156 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.236 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.313 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.349 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.43 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.312 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | 0.35 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3325 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 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
- 10 Ethiopia 0.92 LSU/ha compare
- 10 Switzerland 0.92 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Viet Nam
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.6413 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2718 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.817 °C (2025)
- Inland waters — Area 1,791 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 642 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.22 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.05 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 39.36 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Viet Nam?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Viet Nam was 0.33 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 Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.43 LSU/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 LSU/ha in 1972.
- How does Viet Nam rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Viet Nam ranks 7th out of 20 regions with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.