What is major livestock types — stocks in Spain?

Major livestock types — stocks in Spain was 15.71 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

The highest recorded value was 17.92 million LSU in 2020.

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

The lowest recorded value was 7.86 million LSU in 1966.

How does Spain rank for major livestock types — stocks?

Spain ranks 30th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.

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

Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Spain 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 Spain

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

Spain: Major livestock types — Stocks was 15.71 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

15.71 million LSU

Change on year

down 2.0%

World rank

30th

of 211 countries

All-time high

17.92 million LSU

in 2020

All-time low

7.86 million LSU

in 1966

Years of data

1961–2023

Major livestock types — Stocks in Spain, 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 Spain is 15.71 million LSU, measured in 2023.

The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Spain peaked at 17.92 million LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.86 million LSU, in 1966.

Spain ranks 30th 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	8.54 million LSU	7.86 million LSU	9.10 million LSU	9
1970s	9.40 million LSU	8.89 million LSU	9.90 million LSU	10
1980s	11.23 million LSU	10.00 million LSU	12.89 million LSU	10
1990s	13.98 million LSU	12.94 million LSU	15.48 million LSU	10
2000s	16.48 million LSU	15.87 million LSU	16.99 million LSU	10
2010s	16.12 million LSU	15.42 million LSU	17.43 million LSU	10
2020s	16.49 million LSU	15.71 million LSU	17.92 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near Spain

27 Germany 17.12 million LSU compare
28 Canada 16.94 million LSU compare
29 Viet Nam 16.91 million LSU compare
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.22 million LSU compare
32 Mali 14.62 million LSU compare
33 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.45 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 246 places →

More environment data for Spain

Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
Recovered paper — Production 4.46 million t (2024)
Total fibre furnish — Production 5.70 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 166,071 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 130,048 t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.80 million 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.80 million t (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import value 2.02 million 1000 USD (2024)
Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 2.10 million t (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is major livestock types — stocks in Spain?: Major livestock types — stocks in Spain was 15.71 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Spain?: The highest recorded value was 17.92 million LSU in 2020.
What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Spain?: The lowest recorded value was 7.86 million LSU in 1966.
How does Spain rank for major livestock types — stocks?: Spain ranks 30th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Spain?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain 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.