Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Americas
Americas: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.04 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Americas, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Americas is 0.04 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Americas peaked at 0.04 LSU/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Americas ranks 13th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Americas, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.03 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.031 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
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- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
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- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Americas?
- Swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Americas was 0.04 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 LSU/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Americas ranks 13th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.