Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Denmark
Denmark: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 1.66 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Denmark, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 1.66 LSU/ha for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Denmark peaked at 1.91 LSU/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1.61 LSU/ha, in 1988.
That places Denmark 30th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Denmark, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.71 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.69 LSU/ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 1.67 LSU/ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 1.71 LSU/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 1.78 LSU/ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 1.76 LSU/ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 1.75 LSU/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 1.67 LSU/ha | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 1.65 LSU/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 1.63 LSU/ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 1.63 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1.68 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 1.66 LSU/ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 1.68 LSU/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 1.66 LSU/ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 1.67 LSU/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1.7 LSU/ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 1.76 LSU/ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 1.8 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 1.84 LSU/ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 1.82 LSU/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.76 LSU/ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 1.78 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 1.69 LSU/ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 1.69 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.66 LSU/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 1.66 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.61 LSU/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 1.62 LSU/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 1.63 LSU/ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 1.67 LSU/ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 1.73 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 1.79 LSU/ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 1.8 LSU/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 1.78 LSU/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 1.77 LSU/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.81 LSU/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 1.88 LSU/ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 1.83 LSU/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 1.86 LSU/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.91 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 1.89 LSU/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.88 LSU/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.89 LSU/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.85 LSU/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1.82 LSU/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 1.9 LSU/ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 1.8 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 1.79 LSU/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.88 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1.81 LSU/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 1.82 LSU/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.79 LSU/ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.78 LSU/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.8 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.8 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.8 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.81 LSU/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.83 LSU/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.89 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 1.86 LSU/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.7 LSU/ha | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 1.66 LSU/ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.71 LSU/ha | 1.65 LSU/ha | 1.78 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.69 LSU/ha | 1.63 LSU/ha | 1.8 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.71 LSU/ha | 1.61 LSU/ha | 1.84 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.77 LSU/ha | 1.63 LSU/ha | 1.88 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.86 LSU/ha | 1.79 LSU/ha | 1.91 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.81 LSU/ha | 1.78 LSU/ha | 1.88 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 LSU/ha | 1.66 LSU/ha | 1.89 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Denmark?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Denmark was 1.66 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1.91 LSU/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.61 LSU/ha in 1988.
- How does Denmark rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Denmark ranks 30th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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.