Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America
Central America: Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.07 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America stood at 0.07 LSU/ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America peaked at 0.07 LSU/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.01 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1976 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1994 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.015 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.045 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Central America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 61,301 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -1.33 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.58 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 3.69 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 95,489 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America?
- Chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America was 0.07 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.07 LSU/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Central America ranks 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.