Cattle — Share in total livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Cattle — Share in total livestock was 76.59 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Share in total livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — share in total livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean is 76.59 %LSU, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — share in total livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 78.41 %LSU in 2004 and was at its lowest, 71.68 %LSU, in 1961.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 2nd of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Share in total livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 71.68 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 71.89 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 71.75 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 71.92 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 72.3 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 72.66 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 73.01 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 73.12 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 73.07 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 73.13 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 73.48 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 74.02 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 74.12 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 74.76 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 74.79 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 75.47 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 76.28 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 76.23 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 75.76 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 76.17 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 76.3 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 76.27 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 76.55 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 76.59 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 76.62 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 76.48 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 76.32 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 76.77 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 76.95 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 77.06 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 76.86 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 76.81 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 76.98 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 76.98 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 76.96 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 77.54 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 77.48 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 77.41 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 77.16 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 77.16 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 77.15 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 77.73 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 78.29 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 78.41 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 78.07 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 77.77 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 77.24 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 77.09 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 77 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 76.64 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 76.71 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 76.96 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 77.05 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 76.91 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 76.89 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 76.93 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 76.65 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 76.48 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 76.32 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 76.29 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 76.27 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 76.44 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 76.59 %LSU | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.38 %LSU | 71.68 %LSU | 73.12 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 74.8 %LSU | 73.13 %LSU | 76.28 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.5 %LSU | 76.17 %LSU | 76.95 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.12 %LSU | 76.81 %LSU | 77.54 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.59 %LSU | 77 %LSU | 78.41 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.75 %LSU | 76.32 %LSU | 77.05 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.4 %LSU | 76.27 %LSU | 76.59 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
More environment data for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.204 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 9.17 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 29.54 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 158,363 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 25.3 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 35,902 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — share in total livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Cattle — share in total livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean was 76.59 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 78.41 %LSU in 2004.
- What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.68 %LSU in 1961.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 2nd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — share in total livestock rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the 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
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.