Horses — Share in total livestock in Portugal
Portugal: Horses — Share in total livestock was 2.56 %LSU in 2022. ▲ Rising
Horses — Share in total livestock in Portugal, 1961–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2022, horses — share in total livestock in Portugal stood at 2.56 %LSU.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — share in total livestock in Portugal peaked at 2.58 %LSU in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.61 %LSU, in 1983.
Portugal ranks 46th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Horses — Share in total livestock in Portugal, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.49 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1.38 %LSU | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 1.27 %LSU | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 1.14 %LSU | -10.2% |
| 1965 | 1.05 %LSU | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 1.11 %LSU | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 1 %LSU | -9.9% |
| 1968 | 0.93 %LSU | -7.0% |
| 1969 | 0.93 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.97 %LSU | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 1.03 %LSU | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 1.01 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 1.02 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.98 %LSU | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 0.91 %LSU | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 0.96 %LSU | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 0.83 %LSU | -13.5% |
| 1978 | 0.76 %LSU | -8.4% |
| 1979 | 0.71 %LSU | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 0.64 %LSU | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 0.63 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.63 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.61 %LSU | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 0.69 %LSU | +13.1% |
| 1985 | 0.69 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.64 %LSU | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 0.67 %LSU | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 0.66 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.67 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.65 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 1.03 %LSU | +58.5% |
| 1992 | 1.05 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 1.09 %LSU | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 1.2 %LSU | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 1.31 %LSU | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 1.37 %LSU | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 1.42 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 1.44 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.41 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 1.43 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.53 %LSU | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 1.54 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.56 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1.57 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.56 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.65 %LSU | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 1.77 %LSU | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 2.04 %LSU | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 2.5 %LSU | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 2.58 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 2.54 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 2.33 %LSU | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 2.11 %LSU | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 2.15 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.84 %LSU | -14.4% |
| 2016 | 1.63 %LSU | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 1.83 %LSU | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 2.29 %LSU | +25.1% |
| 2019 | 2.37 %LSU | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1.9 %LSU | -19.8% |
| 2021 | 2.43 %LSU | +27.9% |
| 2022 | 2.56 %LSU | +5.3% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 2.56 %LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.55 %LSU, 1.7× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 2.56 %LSU is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.67 %LSU, 1.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Share in total livestock in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +58.5% | 0.65 %LSU | 1.03 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.14 %LSU | 0.93 %LSU | 1.49 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.918 %LSU | 0.71 %LSU | 1.03 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.653 %LSU | 0.61 %LSU | 0.69 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2 %LSU | 0.65 %LSU | 1.44 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.71 %LSU | 1.43 %LSU | 2.5 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.17 %LSU | 1.63 %LSU | 2.58 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3 %LSU | 1.9 %LSU | 2.56 %LSU | 3 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1607 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — share in total livestock in Portugal?
- Horses — share in total livestock in Portugal was 2.56 %LSU in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 2.58 %LSU in 2010.
- What is the lowest horses — share in total livestock recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.61 %LSU in 1983.
- How does Portugal rank for horses — share in total livestock?
- Portugal ranks 46th out of 164 countries with data for 2022.
- Is horses — share in total livestock rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.