Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy
Italy: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.67 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy stood at 0.67 LSU/ha.
That represents a change of down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy peaked at 0.83 LSU/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.57 LSU/ha, in 1964.
That places Italy 76th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.61 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.59 LSU/ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 0.58 LSU/ha | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 0.57 LSU/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 0.6 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 0.6 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.61 LSU/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 0.62 LSU/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.66 LSU/ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 0.67 LSU/ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 0.7 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.69 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.72 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.74 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.68 LSU/ha | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.77 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.77 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.76 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.73 LSU/ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.72 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 0.72 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.73 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7 LSU/ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.63 LSU/ha | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 0.69 LSU/ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.69 LSU/ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.71 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.72 LSU/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.75 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 0.73 LSU/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.75 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.75 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.74 LSU/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.76 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.78 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.8 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.72 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 0.68 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 0.83 LSU/ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 0.71 LSU/ha | -14.5% |
| 2022 | 0.67 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 0.67 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6044 LSU/ha | 0.57 LSU/ha | 0.66 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.706 LSU/ha | 0.67 LSU/ha | 0.73 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.752 LSU/ha | 0.68 LSU/ha | 0.78 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.74 LSU/ha | 0.7 LSU/ha | 0.78 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.701 LSU/ha | 0.63 LSU/ha | 0.75 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.751 LSU/ha | 0.68 LSU/ha | 0.8 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.72 LSU/ha | 0.67 LSU/ha | 0.83 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 74 Czechoslovakia 0.68 LSU/ha compare
- 74 Uruguay 0.68 LSU/ha compare
- 76 Philippines 0.67 LSU/ha compare
- 78 Colombia 0.66 LSU/ha compare
- 78 Fiji 0.66 LSU/ha compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.324 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
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- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate 14.68 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy was 0.67 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.83 LSU/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.57 LSU/ha in 1964.
- How does Italy rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Italy ranks 76th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.