What is major livestock types — stocks in China?

Major livestock types — stocks in China was 269.15 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

The highest recorded value was 278.09 million LSU in 1996.

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

The lowest recorded value was 82.56 million LSU in 1962.

How does China rank for major livestock types — stocks?

China ranks 2nd out of 211 countries with data for 2023.

Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in China?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this China 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 China

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

China: Major livestock types — Stocks was 269.15 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

269.15 million LSU

Change on year

down 1.1%

World rank

2nd

of 211 countries

All-time high

278.09 million LSU

in 1996

All-time low

82.56 million LSU

in 1962

Years of data

1961–2023

Major livestock types — Stocks in China, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

China recorded 269.15 million LSU for major livestock types — stocks in 2023.

That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in China peaked at 278.09 million LSU in 1996 and was at its lowest, 82.56 million LSU, in 1962.

That places China 2nd out of 211 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	107.37 million LSU	82.56 million LSU	127.42 million LSU	9
1970s	149.73 million LSU	124.51 million LSU	162.54 million LSU	10
1980s	181.14 million LSU	166.50 million LSU	206.65 million LSU	10
1990s	243.11 million LSU	211.56 million LSU	278.09 million LSU	10
2000s	267.45 million LSU	261.80 million LSU	275.58 million LSU	10
2010s	259.52 million LSU	227.22 million LSU	272.99 million LSU	10
2020s	265.95 million LSU	254.58 million LSU	272.15 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near China

1 OECD 405.90 million LSU compare
3 China, mainland 266.63 million LSU compare
4 Brazil 201.90 million LSU compare
5 India 186.81 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 246 places →

More environment data for China

Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
Recovered paper — Production 73.29 million t (2024)
Total fibre furnish — Production 105.03 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 177,011 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 91,039 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 6.10 million 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 6.54 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 5.76 million 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 10.36 million t (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is major livestock types — stocks in China?: Major livestock types — stocks in China was 269.15 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in China?: The highest recorded value was 278.09 million LSU in 1996.
What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in China?: The lowest recorded value was 82.56 million LSU in 1962.
How does China rank for major livestock types — stocks?: China ranks 2nd out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in China?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China 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.