Horses — Share in total livestock in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Horses — Share in total livestock was 1.19 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Horses — Share in total livestock in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for horses — share in total livestock in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 1.19 %LSU, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — share in total livestock in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 2.17 %LSU in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1.16 %LSU, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Horses — Share in total livestock in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.57 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1.56 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 1.55 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 1.55 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1.56 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 1.53 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 1.51 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 1.52 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 1.54 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 1.56 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 1.59 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 1.6 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 1.61 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 1.63 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 1.61 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 1.62 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1.63 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 1.58 %LSU | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 1.54 %LSU | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 1.59 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 1.66 %LSU | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 1.71 %LSU | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 1.83 %LSU | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 1.83 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.87 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 1.9 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 1.92 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 1.92 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.9 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 2.16 %LSU | +13.7% |
| 1991 | 2.17 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 2.11 %LSU | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 1.35 %LSU | -36.0% |
| 1994 | 1.33 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 1.3 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 1.29 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.27 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 1.25 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 1.22 %LSU | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 1.22 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.28 %LSU | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 1.29 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.29 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.29 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.29 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.29 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.32 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1.29 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.31 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.3 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 1.26 %LSU | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 1.2 %LSU | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 1.18 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 1.16 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.26 %LSU | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 1.25 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.21 %LSU | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 1.23 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.22 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.2 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 1.19 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1.19 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.19 %LSU | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Share in total livestock in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -36.0% | 2.11 %LSU | 1.35 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.54 %LSU | 1.51 %LSU | 1.57 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.6 %LSU | 1.54 %LSU | 1.63 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.81 %LSU | 1.59 %LSU | 1.92 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.54 %LSU | 1.22 %LSU | 2.17 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 %LSU | 1.22 %LSU | 1.32 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.23 %LSU | 1.16 %LSU | 1.3 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 %LSU | 1.19 %LSU | 1.2 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 16.54 %LSU compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 1.47 %LSU compare
- 9 Fiji 15.02 %LSU compare
- 10 New Caledonia 10.16 %LSU compare
- 11 French Polynesia 8.2 %LSU compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.49 %LSU compare
- 12 Mexico 7.07 %LSU compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.23 %LSU compare
- 13 Lesotho 6.67 %LSU compare
- 14 Ethiopia PDR 6.36 %LSU compare
- 14 Viet Nam 0.19 %LSU compare
More environment data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 836,181 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.08 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.04 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — share in total livestock in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Horses — share in total livestock in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.19 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.17 %LSU in 1991.
- What is the lowest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.16 %LSU in 2014.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for horses — share in total livestock?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 11th out of 17 groups with data for 2023.
- Is horses — share in total livestock rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 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.