What is major livestock types — stocks in Japan?

Major livestock types — stocks in Japan was 9.03 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

The highest recorded value was 10.64 million LSU in 1990.

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

The lowest recorded value was 4.86 million LSU in 1961.

How does Japan rank for major livestock types — stocks?

Japan ranks 47th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Japan 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 Japan

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

Japan: Major livestock types — Stocks was 9.03 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

9.03 million LSU

Change on year

down 0.3%

World rank

47th

of 211 countries

All-time high

10.64 million LSU

in 1990

All-time low

4.86 million LSU

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Major livestock types — Stocks in Japan, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for major livestock types — stocks in Japan is 9.03 million LSU, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Japan peaked at 10.64 million LSU in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4.86 million LSU, in 1961.

Japan ranks 47th of 211 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	5.70 million LSU	4.86 million LSU	6.70 million LSU	9
1970s	7.86 million LSU	7.27 million LSU	8.96 million LSU	10
1980s	10.03 million LSU	9.19 million LSU	10.64 million LSU	10
1990s	10.21 million LSU	9.65 million LSU	10.64 million LSU	10
2000s	9.32 million LSU	9.03 million LSU	9.56 million LSU	10
2010s	8.82 million LSU	7.98 million LSU	9.26 million LSU	10
2020s	9.06 million LSU	9.03 million LSU	9.13 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near Japan

44 Somalia 9.79 million LSU compare
45 Uruguay 9.71 million LSU compare
46 Peru 9.20 million LSU compare
48 Kazakhstan 8.92 million LSU compare
49 Italy 8.73 million LSU compare
50 Philippines 8.53 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 246 places →

More environment data for Japan

Standard Deviation 0.358 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
Recovered paper — Production 16.66 million t (2024)
Total fibre furnish — Production 23.82 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,416 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 9,315 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.13 million 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.25 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 645,005 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 424,342 t (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is major livestock types — stocks in Japan?: Major livestock types — stocks in Japan was 9.03 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Japan?: The highest recorded value was 10.64 million LSU in 1990.
What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Japan?: The lowest recorded value was 4.86 million LSU in 1961.
How does Japan rank for major livestock types — stocks?: Japan ranks 47th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Japan?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan 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.