Horses — Share in total livestock in Americas
Americas: Horses — Share in total livestock was 3.31 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Horses — Share in total livestock in Americas, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Americas recorded 3.31 %LSU for horses — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — share in total livestock in Americas peaked at 4.35 %LSU in 1971 and was at its lowest, 3.31 %LSU, in 2023.
That places Americas 7th out of 34 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.12 %LSU | 3.88 %LSU | 4.3 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.17 %LSU | 3.97 %LSU | 4.35 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.08 %LSU | 3.98 %LSU | 4.17 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.08 %LSU | 4.01 %LSU | 4.18 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.16 %LSU | 4 %LSU | 4.31 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.73 %LSU | 3.47 %LSU | 4.12 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4 %LSU | 3.31 %LSU | 3.52 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 70.73 kg/ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 9.07 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 27.37 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 25.42 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4.14 million t (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 1.12 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 3.85 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 26.66 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — share in total livestock in Americas?
- Horses — share in total livestock in Americas was 3.31 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 4.35 %LSU in 1971.
- What is the lowest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.31 %LSU in 2023.
- How does Americas rank for horses — share in total livestock?
- Americas ranks 7th out of 34 groups with data for 2023.
- Is horses — share in total livestock rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horses — 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.