What is cattle — stocks in Central America?

Cattle — stocks in Central America was 37.69 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Central America?

The highest recorded value was 37.69 million LSU in 2023.

What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Central America?

The lowest recorded value was 16.45 million LSU in 1961.

How does Central America rank for cattle — stocks?

Central America ranks 20th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Central America?

Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Central America data come from?

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

Cattle — Stocks in Central America

Name: Cattle — Stocks in Central America
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Central America: Cattle — Stocks was 37.69 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

37.69 million LSU

Change on year

up 1.5%

Rank

20th

of 35 groups

All-time high

37.69 million LSU

in 2023

All-time low

16.45 million LSU

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Cattle — Stocks in Central America, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

In 2023, cattle — stocks in Central America stood at 37.69 million LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Central America peaked at 37.69 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.45 million LSU, in 1961.

Central America ranks 20th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	19.10 million LSU	16.45 million LSU	21.52 million LSU	9
1970s	23.96 million LSU	22.11 million LSU	26.24 million LSU	10
1980s	29.50 million LSU	27.18 million LSU	31.61 million LSU	10
1990s	30.13 million LSU	29.10 million LSU	31.21 million LSU	10
2000s	30.71 million LSU	29.32 million LSU	32.34 million LSU	10
2010s	34.04 million LSU	32.63 million LSU	35.84 million LSU	10
2020s	36.99 million LSU	36.11 million LSU	37.69 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near Central America

17 Ethiopia PDR 18.60 million LSU compare
18 Sudan 15.35 million LSU compare
19 France 15.13 million LSU compare
20 Bangladesh 12.43 million LSU compare
21 Indonesia 12.24 million LSU compare
22 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11.57 million LSU compare
23 Türkiye 11.49 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

More environment data for Central America

Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 754.93 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Arable land — Area 25,888 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.18 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 13.51 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 28.48 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 33,122 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 116,316 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 245,161 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 116,397 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.26 % (2024)

All data for Central America →

Frequently asked questions

What is cattle — stocks in Central America?: Cattle — stocks in Central America was 37.69 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Central America?: The highest recorded value was 37.69 million LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Central America?: The lowest recorded value was 16.45 million LSU in 1961.
How does Central America rank for cattle — stocks?: Central America ranks 20th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Central America?: Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Central America data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cattle — Stocks
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.