Horses — Share in total livestock in New Zealand
New Zealand: Horses — Share in total livestock was 0.18 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Horses — Share in total livestock in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, horses — share in total livestock in New Zealand stood at 0.18 %LSU. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — share in total livestock in New Zealand peaked at 0.48 %LSU in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.18 %LSU, in 2023.
That places New Zealand 132nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom 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 | 0.4189 %LSU | 0.35 %LSU | 0.48 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.319 %LSU | 0.29 %LSU | 0.36 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.424 %LSU | 0.32 %LSU | 0.47 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.388 %LSU | 0.33 %LSU | 0.46 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.364 %LSU | 0.33 %LSU | 0.4 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.263 %LSU | 0.21 %LSU | 0.33 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2 %LSU | 0.18 %LSU | 0.22 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 129 Guadeloupe 0.23 %LSU compare
- 130 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 %LSU compare
- 130 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2 %LSU compare
- 132 Nigeria 0.18 %LSU compare
- 134 Greece 0.17 %LSU compare
- 135 Cameroon 0.16 %LSU compare
- 135 Lebanon 0.16 %LSU compare
More environment data for New Zealand
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2131 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 48.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0041 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.56 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.63 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 31.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — share in total livestock in New Zealand?
- Horses — share in total livestock in New Zealand was 0.18 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — share in total livestock recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.48 %LSU in 1965.
- What is the lowest horses — share in total livestock recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 %LSU in 2023.
- How does New Zealand rank for horses — share in total livestock?
- New Zealand ranks 132nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is horses — share in total livestock rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.