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Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area by country

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...

Countries reporting
150
Highest
0.31 LSU/ha
Barbados
Lowest
0 LSU/ha
Réunion
Median
0.02 LSU/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,474

What the numbers show

Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 0.31 LSU/ha in Barbados; the lowest is 0 LSU/ha in Réunion.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.02 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.0348 LSU/ha.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 100.0%).

Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 0.31 LSU/ha 2023 up 24.0% rising
1 Caribbean 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.3% rising
1 Polynesia 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 22.2% rising
2 Haiti 0.27 LSU/ha 2023 up 17.4% rising
2 Cabo Verde 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
3 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 31.6% volatile
3 Timor-Leste 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 down 30.0% volatile
4 Tonga 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
5 Saint Lucia 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
5 Melanesia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
6 Dominican Republic 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.2% rising
7 Antigua and Barbuda 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
7 Egypt 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 27.8% falling
9 Ethiopia 0.12 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
10 Malta 0.11 LSU/ha 2017 down 8.3% falling
11 Cuba 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% falling
11 Fiji 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
11 Samoa 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
11 Cook Islands 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
13 Republic of Moldova 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% falling
13 Syrian Arab Republic 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
13 Viet Nam 0 LSU/ha 2023 — falling
13 Türkiye 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
15 Pakistan 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
15 Qatar 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 200.0% volatile
15 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
18 Ethiopia PDR 0.08 LSU/ha 1992 up 33.3% rising
19 Mexico 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
20 Sierra Leone 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% flat
20 Trinidad and Tobago 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
22 Gambia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% rising
22 Grenada 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
22 Jamaica 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
22 French Polynesia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
22 Senegal 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
22 El Salvador 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
28 Costa Rica 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
28 Honduras 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
28 New Caledonia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
28 Peru 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
28 Puerto Rico 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
28 Chad 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 300.0% volatile
28 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.0% rising
36 Albania 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
36 Burkina Faso 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
36 Belize 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
36 Bhutan 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 40.0% falling
36 Switzerland 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
36 Colombia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 200.0% rising
36 Cyprus 0.03 LSU/ha 2017 up 50.0% falling
36 Ecuador 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% falling
36 Lebanon 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
36 Lesotho 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
36 Mongolia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 200.0% rising
36 Nicaragua 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
36 Tajikistan 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
36 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.03 LSU/ha 1999 unchanged falling
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% volatile
51 Afghanistan 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
51 Austria 0.02 LSU/ha 2017 unchanged rising
51 Brazil 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
51 Chile 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
51 Germany 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
51 Finland 0.02 LSU/ha 2018 unchanged volatile
51 Guatemala 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
51 Iraq 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
51 Iceland 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
51 Italy 0.02 LSU/ha 2017 up 100.0% falling
51 Luxembourg 0.02 LSU/ha 2022 unchanged flat
51 Morocco 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% falling
51 Mali 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% rising
51 Niger 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% rising
51 Norway 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
51 Panama 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% falling
51 Romania 0.02 LSU/ha 2021 down 33.3% falling
51 Sudan 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
51 Slovenia 0.02 LSU/ha 2017 unchanged rising
51 Sweden 0.02 LSU/ha 2017 unchanged rising
51 Tunisia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
51 Uruguay 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
51 Yemen 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
51 Yugoslav SFR 0.02 LSU/ha 1991 down 33.3% falling
75 Argentina 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
75 Armenia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
75 Azerbaijan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
75 Belgium 0.01 LSU/ha 2017 down 50.0% rising
75 Bulgaria 0.01 LSU/ha 2017 down 66.7% falling
75 Canada 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
75 China 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
75 Comoros 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
75 Czechia 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 unchanged volatile
75 Denmark 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 down 50.0% falling
75 Spain 0.01 LSU/ha 2017 unchanged volatile
75 France 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 unchanged falling
75 Georgia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
75 Croatia 0.01 LSU/ha 2018 unchanged flat
75 Hungary 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
75 Ireland 0.01 LSU/ha 2019 unchanged volatile
75 Israel 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
75 Kazakhstan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
75 North Macedonia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
75 Myanmar 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
75 Montenegro 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
75 Nigeria 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
75 Oman 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
75 Philippines 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
75 Poland 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
75 Portugal 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 down 50.0% falling
75 Paraguay 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
75 Uzbekistan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
75 Vanuatu 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% rising
75 Zimbabwe 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
75 French Guiana 0.01 LSU/ha 2006 unchanged rising
75 Guadeloupe 0.01 LSU/ha 2006 down 50.0% falling
75 Martinique 0.01 LSU/ha 2006 down 75.0% volatile
75 USSR 0.01 LSU/ha 1991 unchanged flat
75 OECD 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
75 Republic of Korea 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
75 China, mainland 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
112 Bahrain 0 LSU/ha 1992 — volatile
112 Bahamas 0 LSU/ha 1992 — volatile
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Belarus 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Botswana 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Cameroon 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Algeria 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Estonia 0 LSU/ha 2018 — volatile
112 Greece 0 LSU/ha 2018 down 100.0% volatile
112 Indonesia 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% falling
112 India 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Jordan 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Japan 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Kuwait 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Libya 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Lithuania 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Latvia 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Sao Tome and Principe 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Suriname 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Thailand 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Ukraine 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Serbia and Montenegro 0 LSU/ha 2005 down 100.0% volatile
112 Czechoslovakia 0 LSU/ha 1992 — volatile
112 Russian Federation 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Réunion 0 LSU/ha 2006 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
222 places, 12,474 data points, 1961–2023
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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.