Major livestock types — Stocks in Northern America
Northern America: Major livestock types — Stocks was 146.12 million LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Major livestock types — Stocks in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 146.12 million LSU, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Northern America peaked at 177.63 million LSU in 1975 and was at its lowest, 139.48 million LSU, in 1961.
Northern America ranks 16th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149.65 million LSU | 139.48 million LSU | 154.96 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 166.52 million LSU | 157.09 million LSU | 177.63 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 155.25 million LSU | 144.51 million LSU | 163.43 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 149.11 million LSU | 142.40 million LSU | 153.98 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 153.10 million LSU | 150.75 million LSU | 155.93 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 148.65 million LSU | 144.33 million LSU | 153.55 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 149.64 million LSU | 146.12 million LSU | 152.15 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 5.16 million t (2024)
- Land area — Area 1.83 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 34.16 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 2.66 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — stocks in Northern America?
- Major livestock types — stocks in Northern America was 146.12 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 177.63 million LSU in 1975.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 139.48 million LSU in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for major livestock types — stocks?
- Northern America ranks 16th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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
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.