What is the highest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?

The highest recorded value was 3.15 %LSU in 1961.

What is the lowest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?

The lowest recorded value was 1.68 %LSU in 2012.

How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for horses — share in total livestock?

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 13th out of 34 groups with data for 2023.

Is horses — share in total livestock rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?

Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Horses — Share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Name: Horses — Share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Horses — Share in total livestock was 1.84 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

1.84 %LSU

Change on year

down 0.5%

Rank

13th

of 34 groups

All-time high

3.15 %LSU

in 1961

All-time low

1.68 %LSU

in 2012

Years of data

1961–2023

Horses — Share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 1.84 %LSU, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, horses — share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 3.15 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.68 %LSU, in 2012.

That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 13th out of 34 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	2.94 %LSU	2.82 %LSU	3.15 %LSU	9
1970s	2.78 %LSU	2.6 %LSU	2.86 %LSU	10
1980s	2.65 %LSU	2.58 %LSU	2.69 %LSU	10
1990s	2.32 %LSU	2.11 %LSU	2.74 %LSU	10
2000s	1.87 %LSU	1.75 %LSU	2.12 %LSU	10
2010s	1.78 %LSU	1.68 %LSU	1.87 %LSU	10
2020s	1.83 %LSU	1.8 %LSU	1.85 %LSU	4

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

10 Caribbean 10.17 %LSU compare
11 New Caledonia 10.16 %LSU compare
12 Polynesia 9.13 %LSU compare
13 French Polynesia 8.2 %LSU compare
14 Mexico 7.07 %LSU compare
15 Lesotho 6.67 %LSU compare
16 Ethiopia PDR 6.36 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 211 places →

More environment data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Cropland — Share in Land area 10.78 % (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4.43 million t (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 5.12 million t (2024)
Agriculture — Area 1.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 1.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 41.05 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 317,994 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.26 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 893,088 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.57 % (2024)

All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →

Frequently asked questions

What is horses — share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?: Horses — share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 1.84 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?: The highest recorded value was 3.15 %LSU in 1961.
What is the lowest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?: The lowest recorded value was 1.68 %LSU in 2012.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for horses — share in total livestock?: Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 13th out of 34 groups with data for 2023.
Is horses — share in total livestock rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?: Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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

Indicator: Horses — Share in total livestock
Unit: %LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 211 places, 11,867 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.