What is cattle — share in total livestock in Caribbean?

Cattle — share in total livestock in Caribbean was 44.61 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

The highest recorded value was 70.59 %LSU in 1964.

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

The lowest recorded value was 44.61 %LSU in 2023.

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

Caribbean ranks 111th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Caribbean 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 Caribbean

Name: Cattle — Share in total livestock in Caribbean
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Caribbean: Cattle — Share in total livestock was 44.61 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

44.61 %LSU

Change on year

down 2.2%

World rank

111th

of 206 countries

All-time high

70.59 %LSU

in 1964

All-time low

44.61 %LSU

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

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

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

Analysis

In 2023, cattle — share in total livestock in Caribbean stood at 44.61 %LSU. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle — share in total livestock in Caribbean peaked at 70.59 %LSU in 1964 and was at its lowest, 44.61 %LSU, in 2023.

That places Caribbean 111th out of 206 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	69.8 %LSU	68.74 %LSU	70.59 %LSU	9
1970s	65.5 %LSU	63.63 %LSU	67.78 %LSU	10
1980s	64.4 %LSU	62.63 %LSU	66.03 %LSU	10
1990s	60.56 %LSU	59.28 %LSU	61.72 %LSU	10
2000s	51.18 %LSU	46.99 %LSU	57.07 %LSU	10
2010s	48.84 %LSU	46.74 %LSU	50.08 %LSU	10
2020s	46.34 %LSU	44.61 %LSU	48.35 %LSU	4

Countries ranked near Caribbean

108 Yugoslav SFR 46.14 %LSU compare
109 Poland 45.36 %LSU compare
110 Peru 44.71 %LSU compare
112 Kazakhstan 44.49 %LSU compare
113 Burundi 43.15 %LSU compare
114 Turkmenistan 41.53 %LSU compare

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More environment data for Caribbean

Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,207 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.68 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.16 g/Int$ (2024)
Country area — Area 33,179 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 22,277 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 11,108 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 11,507 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 51.65 % (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 45.59 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 5,246 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle — share in total livestock in Caribbean?: Cattle — share in total livestock in Caribbean was 44.61 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Caribbean?: The highest recorded value was 70.59 %LSU in 1964.
What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Caribbean?: The lowest recorded value was 44.61 %LSU in 2023.
How does Caribbean rank for cattle — share in total livestock?: Caribbean ranks 111th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is cattle — share in total livestock rising or falling in Caribbean?: Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Caribbean 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.