What is cattle — share in total livestock in Asia?

Cattle — share in total livestock in Asia was 33.42 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Asia?

The highest recorded value was 53.76 %LSU in 1961.

What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Asia?

The lowest recorded value was 33.02 %LSU in 2017.

How does Asia rank for cattle — share in total livestock?

Asia ranks 32nd out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is cattle — share in total livestock rising or falling in Asia?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Asia data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cattle — Share in total livestock in Asia

Name: Cattle — Share in total livestock in Asia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Asia: Cattle — Share in total livestock was 33.42 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

33.42 %LSU

Change on year

up 0.5%

Rank

32nd

of 35 groups

All-time high

53.76 %LSU

in 1961

All-time low

33.02 %LSU

in 2017

Years of data

1961–2023

Cattle — Share in total livestock in Asia, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.

Analysis

In 2023, cattle — share in total livestock in Asia stood at 33.42 %LSU.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle — share in total livestock in Asia peaked at 53.76 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 33.02 %LSU, in 2017.

That places Asia 32nd out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	50.68 %LSU	48.43 %LSU	53.76 %LSU	9
1970s	45.27 %LSU	43.28 %LSU	48.62 %LSU	10
1980s	41.91 %LSU	41.04 %LSU	42.37 %LSU	10
1990s	39.91 %LSU	38.98 %LSU	40.73 %LSU	10
2000s	36.59 %LSU	34.39 %LSU	38.44 %LSU	10
2010s	33.79 %LSU	33.02 %LSU	34.66 %LSU	10
2020s	33.47 %LSU	33.27 %LSU	33.75 %LSU	4

Countries ranked near Asia

29 Uzbekistan 70.53 %LSU compare
30 Belize 70.45 %LSU compare
31 New Caledonia 69.94 %LSU compare
32 Panama 69.8 %LSU compare
33 Ethiopia 69.28 %LSU compare
34 Puerto Rico 69.1 %LSU compare
35 Guatemala 68.03 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

More environment data for Asia

Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 31.29 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 100,624 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 6.6 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.44 g/Int$ (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.12 ha/cap (2024)
Arable land — Area 477,077 1000 ha (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 43.65 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 17.08 million t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 28.87 kg/ha (2024)
Country area — Area 3.20 million 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle — share in total livestock in Asia?: Cattle — share in total livestock in Asia was 33.42 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Asia?: The highest recorded value was 53.76 %LSU in 1961.
What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Asia?: The lowest recorded value was 33.02 %LSU in 2017.
How does Asia rank for cattle — share in total livestock?: Asia ranks 32nd out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is cattle — share in total livestock rising or falling in Asia?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Asia data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cattle — Share in total livestock
Unit: %LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.