What is major livestock types — stocks in Central America?

Major livestock types — stocks in Central America was 61.40 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Central America?

The highest recorded value was 61.40 million LSU in 2023.

What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Central America?

The lowest recorded value was 25.90 million LSU in 1961.

How does Central America rank for major livestock types — stocks?

Central America ranks 21st out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is major livestock types — stocks 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 — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Major livestock types — Stocks in Central America

Name: Major livestock types — Stocks in Central America
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Central America: Major livestock types — Stocks was 61.40 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

61.40 million LSU

Change on year

up 1.4%

Rank

21st

of 35 groups

All-time high

61.40 million LSU

in 2023

All-time low

25.90 million LSU

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Major livestock types — Stocks in Central America, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.

Analysis

In 2023, major livestock types — stocks in Central America stood at 61.40 million LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Central America peaked at 61.40 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25.90 million LSU, in 1961.

Central America ranks 21st of 35 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.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	30.37 million LSU	25.90 million LSU	34.62 million LSU	9
1970s	38.51 million LSU	35.72 million LSU	41.92 million LSU	10
1980s	45.90 million LSU	43.05 million LSU	48.00 million LSU	10
1990s	47.48 million LSU	46.78 million LSU	48.58 million LSU	10
2000s	50.37 million LSU	47.52 million LSU	53.00 million LSU	10
2010s	55.69 million LSU	53.54 million LSU	58.62 million LSU	10
2020s	60.37 million LSU	59.18 million LSU	61.40 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near Central America

18 Ethiopia PDR 28.08 million LSU compare
19 Colombia 26.59 million LSU compare
20 Russian Federation 25.33 million LSU compare
21 United Republic of Tanzania 23.22 million LSU compare
22 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22.22 million LSU compare
23 France 21.07 million LSU compare
24 Türkiye 20.61 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 246 places →

More environment data for Central America

Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 754.93 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Arable land — Area 25,888 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.18 ha/cap (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 13.51 % (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 28.48 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 33,122 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 116,316 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 245,161 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 116,397 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 22.26 % (2024)

All data for Central America →

Frequently asked questions

What is major livestock types — stocks in Central America?: Major livestock types — stocks in Central America was 61.40 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Central America?: The highest recorded value was 61.40 million LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Central America?: The lowest recorded value was 25.90 million LSU in 1961.
How does Central America rank for major livestock types — stocks?: Central America ranks 21st out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is major livestock types — stocks 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 — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Major livestock types — Stocks
Unit: LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 246 places, 14,138 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.