Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in China
China: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.21 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in China, 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 China is 0.21 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in China peaked at 0.23 LSU/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.06 LSU/ha, in 1961.
China ranks 28th of 172 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in China, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.06 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +42.9% |
| 1965 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1968 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +21.4% |
| 1973 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.16 LSU/ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2 LSU/ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2 LSU/ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -28.6% |
| 2020 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2021 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1011 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.163 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.173 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.206 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.216 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2125 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 25 Austria 0.24 LSU/ha compare
- 26 Saint Lucia 0.22 LSU/ha compare
- 26 Switzerland 0.22 LSU/ha compare
- 28 China, mainland 0.21 LSU/ha compare
- 28 Czechoslovakia 0.21 LSU/ha compare
- 31 French Polynesia 0.2 LSU/ha compare
- 31 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2 LSU/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in China?
- Swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in China was 0.21 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.23 LSU/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- China ranks 28th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.