Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in OECD
OECD: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.35 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in OECD, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
OECD recorded 0.35 LSU/ha for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023.
The figure is up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in OECD peaked at 0.36 LSU/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.27 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places OECD 130th 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 OECD, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.27 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.33 LSU/ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.32 LSU/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.32 LSU/ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.32 LSU/ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.35 LSU/ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.35 LSU/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2856 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.322 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.327 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.325 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.335 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.346 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3525 LSU/ha | 0.35 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in OECD?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in OECD was 0.35 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 OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 0.36 LSU/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.27 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does OECD rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- OECD ranks 130th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD 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.