Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America
Central America: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.52 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America, 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 Central America is 0.52 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America peaked at 0.52 LSU/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.23 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 11th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Central America, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.23 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.39 LSU/ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.41 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.43 LSU/ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 0.44 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.45 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.46 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.47 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.48 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5 LSU/ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.51 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.52 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.341 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 0.37 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.39 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 0.4 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.383 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 0.39 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.407 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 0.44 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.475 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5125 LSU/ha | 0.5 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 8 Republic of Korea 4.63 LSU/ha compare
- 9 Bahrain 4.21 LSU/ha compare
- 10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.92 LSU/ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 0.53 LSU/ha compare
- 11 Réunion 3.76 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Belgium-Luxembourg 3.62 LSU/ha compare
- 13 Seychelles 3.24 LSU/ha compare
- 14 China, Taiwan Province of 3.12 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Central America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 61,301 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -1.33 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.58 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 3.69 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 95,489 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Central America was 0.52 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.52 LSU/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.23 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Central America ranks 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.