Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Bhutan
Bhutan: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.34 LSU/ha in 2023. ▬ Flat
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Bhutan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 0.34 LSU/ha for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Bhutan peaked at 0.55 LSU/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.34 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Bhutan 131st out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.34 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.49 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.54 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.54 LSU/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.55 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.47 LSU/ha | -14.5% |
| 1992 | 0.43 LSU/ha | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.42 LSU/ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4 LSU/ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 0.36 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4 LSU/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4 LSU/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 0.44 LSU/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.41 LSU/ha | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 0.42 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 0.34 LSU/ha | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3722 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.4 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.428 LSU/ha | 0.4 LSU/ha | 0.46 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.516 LSU/ha | 0.46 LSU/ha | 0.55 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.439 LSU/ha | 0.41 LSU/ha | 0.55 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.387 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | 0.44 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.417 LSU/ha | 0.4 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3875 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.42 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate -0.549 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per capita 0.0316 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate -5.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Bhutan?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Bhutan was 0.34 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.55 LSU/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.34 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Bhutan ranks 131st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.