Cattle — Share in total livestock in Eswatini
Eswatini: Cattle — Share in total livestock was 74.4 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Share in total livestock in Eswatini, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — share in total livestock in Eswatini stood at 74.4 %LSU. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — share in total livestock in Eswatini peaked at 88.58 %LSU in 1976 and was at its lowest, 74.4 %LSU, in 2023.
Eswatini ranks 18th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87.24 %LSU | 86.68 %LSU | 87.7 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 87.7 %LSU | 87.06 %LSU | 88.58 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 86.65 %LSU | 85.49 %LSU | 87.95 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 84.2 %LSU | 82.28 %LSU | 87.26 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.18 %LSU | 78.58 %LSU | 84.23 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 78 %LSU | 74.75 %LSU | 80.12 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.96 %LSU | 74.4 %LSU | 75.55 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 15 Costa Rica 76.47 %LSU compare
- 16 Madagascar 75.59 %LSU compare
- 17 New Zealand 75.56 %LSU compare
- 19 Australia and New Zealand 74.28 %LSU compare
- 20 Australia 73.88 %LSU compare
- 21 Botswana 73.59 %LSU compare
More environment data for Eswatini
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 25.26 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 49.85 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 16 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 58.14 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 83.52 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20.38 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 14.78 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 177 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — share in total livestock in Eswatini?
- Cattle — share in total livestock in Eswatini was 74.4 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 88.58 %LSU in 1976.
- What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.4 %LSU in 2023.
- How does Eswatini rank for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Eswatini ranks 18th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — share in total livestock rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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
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.