Horses — Share in total livestock in OECD
OECD: Horses — Share in total livestock was 2.51 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Horses — Share in total livestock in OECD, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
OECD recorded 2.51 %LSU for horses — share in total livestock in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — share in total livestock in OECD peaked at 3.3 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2.38 %LSU, in 1994.
That places OECD 52nd out of 177 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.85 %LSU | 2.67 %LSU | 3.3 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.58 %LSU | 2.47 %LSU | 2.76 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.46 %LSU | 2.42 %LSU | 2.5 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.42 %LSU | 2.38 %LSU | 2.45 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.95 %LSU | 2.44 %LSU | 3.24 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.95 %LSU | 2.58 %LSU | 3.24 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.53 %LSU | 2.51 %LSU | 2.58 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD
More environment data for OECD
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 34.15 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 357,807 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11.21 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 32.83 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 382,348 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 915.76 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 1.19 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 4.23 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 3.41 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.88 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — share in total livestock in OECD?
- Horses — share in total livestock in OECD was 2.51 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — share in total livestock recorded in OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3 %LSU in 1961.
- What is the lowest horses — share in total livestock recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.38 %LSU in 1994.
- How does OECD rank for horses — share in total livestock?
- OECD ranks 52nd out of 177 countries with data for 2023.
- Is horses — share in total livestock rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD 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.