Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.18 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Zimbabwe stood at 0.18 LSU/ha.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.29 LSU/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.15 LSU/ha, in 2006.
That places Zimbabwe 106th out of 188 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1833 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.261 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.228 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.195 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.172 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 106 Armenia, Republic of 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 106 Malawi 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 106 Niger 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 106 Singapore 0.18 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.06 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 70,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 70,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 4,587 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,177 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 3,912 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 5,939 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 51,126 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Zimbabwe?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Zimbabwe was 0.18 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.29 LSU/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 LSU/ha in 2006.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Zimbabwe ranks 106th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.