Major livestock types — Stocks in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Major livestock types — Stocks was 327.04 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Stocks in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 327.04 million LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Southern Asia peaked at 327.04 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 172.45 million LSU, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 9th of 35 groups 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 | 176.74 million LSU | 172.45 million LSU | 182.22 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 191.07 million LSU | 183.90 million LSU | 204.26 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 215.78 million LSU | 200.82 million LSU | 229.62 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 242.47 million LSU | 231.63 million LSU | 249.08 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 264.34 million LSU | 249.27 million LSU | 283.13 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 295.83 million LSU | 285.14 million LSU | 310.90 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 322.56 million LSU | 316.20 million LSU | 327.04 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.9 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 38.89 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 4.77 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 10.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 14.43 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 3.14 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 2.88 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 120.31 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 5.16 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — stocks in Southern Asia?
- Major livestock types — stocks in Southern Asia was 327.04 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 327.04 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 172.45 million LSU in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for major livestock types — stocks?
- Southern Asia ranks 9th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.