What is major livestock types — stocks in New Zealand?

Major livestock types — stocks in New Zealand was 11.36 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

The highest recorded value was 14.53 million LSU in 1986.

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

The lowest recorded value was 10.90 million LSU in 1961.

How does New Zealand rank for major livestock types — stocks?

New Zealand ranks 40th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.

Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in New Zealand?

Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this New Zealand 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 New Zealand

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

New Zealand: Major livestock types — Stocks was 11.36 million LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

11.36 million LSU

Change on year

down 2.4%

World rank

40th

of 211 countries

All-time high

14.53 million LSU

in 1986

All-time low

10.90 million LSU

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Major livestock types — Stocks in New Zealand, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 11.36 million LSU for major livestock types — stocks in 2023.

The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in New Zealand peaked at 14.53 million LSU in 1986 and was at its lowest, 10.90 million LSU, in 1961.

That places New Zealand 40th out of 211 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	12.22 million LSU	10.90 million LSU	13.98 million LSU	9
1970s	13.96 million LSU	13.32 million LSU	14.20 million LSU	10
1980s	14.20 million LSU	13.48 million LSU	14.53 million LSU	10
1990s	13.09 million LSU	12.70 million LSU	13.53 million LSU	10
2000s	12.80 million LSU	12.48 million LSU	13.08 million LSU	10
2010s	12.37 million LSU	12.16 million LSU	12.63 million LSU	10
2020s	11.77 million LSU	11.36 million LSU	12.07 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near New Zealand

37 Myanmar 12.13 million LSU compare
38 Uzbekistan 12.03 million LSU compare
39 Caribbean 11.43 million LSU compare
41 Uganda 11.32 million LSU compare
42 South Sudan 10.60 million LSU compare
43 Paraguay 10.27 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 246 places →

More environment data for New Zealand

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 100 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 799 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 440 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 34.55 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 93.85 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 9,097 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.76 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 74 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 5.39 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 522 1000 ha (2024)

All data for New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is major livestock types — stocks in New Zealand?: Major livestock types — stocks in New Zealand was 11.36 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in New Zealand?: The highest recorded value was 14.53 million LSU in 1986.
What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in New Zealand?: The lowest recorded value was 10.90 million LSU in 1961.
How does New Zealand rank for major livestock types — stocks?: New Zealand ranks 40th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in New Zealand?: Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this New Zealand 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.