Cattle — Stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cattle — Stocks was 184.19 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 184.19 million LSU for cattle — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 184.19 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 63.65 million LSU, in 1961.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th of 35 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.78 million LSU | 63.65 million LSU | 77.10 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 79.91 million LSU | 77.49 million LSU | 86.92 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 86.45 million LSU | 83.35 million LSU | 88.43 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 97.97 million LSU | 90.00 million LSU | 109.47 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 123.30 million LSU | 109.77 million LSU | 139.53 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 157.97 million LSU | 143.34 million LSU | 172.10 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 179.63 million LSU | 175.96 million LSU | 184.19 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More environment data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 16.03 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 3.80 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 73,248 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 3.19 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 41.07 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 223,929 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 611,868 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.57 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cattle — stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 184.19 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 184.19 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.65 million LSU in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cattle — stocks?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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
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.