Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Caribbean
Caribbean: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.98 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Caribbean, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Caribbean is 0.98 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Caribbean peaked at 0.98 LSU/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.73 LSU/ha, in 1973.
That places Caribbean 3rd out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.76 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.77 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 0.81 LSU/ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.82 LSU/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 0.79 LSU/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 0.78 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.75 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 0.73 LSU/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.75 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.75 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.75 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.73 LSU/ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.76 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.74 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.73 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.76 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.77 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.75 LSU/ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.85 LSU/ha | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 0.85 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.89 LSU/ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.88 LSU/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.92 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.92 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.93 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.93 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.94 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.94 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.93 LSU/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.94 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.95 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.96 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.95 LSU/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.95 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.98 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.95 LSU/ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.97 LSU/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.97 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.98 LSU/ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8056 LSU/ha | 0.76 LSU/ha | 0.83 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.759 LSU/ha | 0.73 LSU/ha | 0.79 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.744 LSU/ha | 0.73 LSU/ha | 0.77 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.768 LSU/ha | 0.74 LSU/ha | 0.78 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.866 LSU/ha | 0.76 LSU/ha | 0.93 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.947 LSU/ha | 0.93 LSU/ha | 0.98 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9675 LSU/ha | 0.95 LSU/ha | 0.98 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 1 Singapore 43.97 LSU/ha compare
- 2 China, Hong Kong SAR 18.42 LSU/ha compare
- 3 Brunei Darussalam 15.91 LSU/ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 1.38 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 1.17 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Trinidad and Tobago 8.22 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Qatar 7.45 LSU/ha compare
- 6 Barbados 6.63 LSU/ha compare
- 6 Cabo Verde 0.74 LSU/ha compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.233 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production 562,810 m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 11,768 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 22,698 million USD (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 384,456 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 5.69 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Caribbean?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Caribbean was 0.98 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 0.98 LSU/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.73 LSU/ha in 1973.
- How does Caribbean rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Caribbean ranks 3rd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.
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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.