Cattle — Share in total livestock in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Cattle — Share in total livestock was 86.29 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Share in total livestock in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — share in total livestock in Nicaragua stood at 86.29 %LSU.
That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — share in total livestock in Nicaragua peaked at 87.64 %LSU in 1994 and was at its lowest, 76.65 %LSU, in 1987.
That places Nicaragua 5th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 82.68 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 82.68 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 82.67 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 82.88 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 83.04 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 83.47 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 83.29 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 83.54 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 83.93 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 84.2 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 82.5 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 82.8 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 83.1 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 83.7 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 83.38 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 83.45 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 83.56 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 83.46 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 81.87 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 81.29 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 82.17 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 82.7 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 80.77 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 80.27 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 80.46 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 78.54 %LSU | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 76.65 %LSU | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 79.63 %LSU | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 84.63 %LSU | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 87.09 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 84.37 %LSU | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 85.63 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 86.82 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 87.64 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 84.88 %LSU | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 84.83 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 85.53 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 84.61 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 86.2 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 85.27 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 84.7 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 84.76 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 84.79 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 84.18 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 84.07 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 84.38 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 84.37 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 84.37 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 84.4 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 84.4 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 86 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 85.82 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 86.35 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 86.47 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 86.65 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 86.32 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 86.1 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 86.13 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 86.27 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 86.24 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 86.27 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 86.28 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 86.29 %LSU | +0.0% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 86.29 %LSU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 52.58 %LSU, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 86.29 %LSU is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 56.53 %LSU, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.13 %LSU | 82.67 %LSU | 83.93 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 83.2 %LSU | 81.87 %LSU | 84.2 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 80.71 %LSU | 76.65 %LSU | 84.63 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 85.76 %LSU | 84.37 %LSU | 87.64 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.53 %LSU | 84.07 %LSU | 85.27 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.05 %LSU | 84.4 %LSU | 86.65 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.27 %LSU | 86.24 %LSU | 86.29 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 2 Luxembourg 91.02 %LSU compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 80.07 %LSU compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.29 %LSU compare
- 3 Ireland 89 %LSU compare
- 4 Argentina 86.42 %LSU compare
- 5 Türkiye 55.79 %LSU compare
- 6 Uruguay 85.65 %LSU compare
- 7 Brazil 82.74 %LSU compare
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 51.02 %LSU compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.49 %LSU compare
- 8 Guadeloupe 81.85 %LSU compare
More environment data for Nicaragua
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2024)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.0474 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — share in total livestock in Nicaragua?
- Cattle — share in total livestock in Nicaragua was 86.29 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 87.64 %LSU in 1994.
- What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.65 %LSU in 1987.
- How does Nicaragua rank for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Nicaragua ranks 5th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — share in total livestock rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.