Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ireland
Ireland: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.08 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ireland, 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 Ireland is 0.08 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 11.1% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ireland peaked at 0.1 LSU/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.04 LSU/ha, in 1975.
That places Ireland 68th out of 172 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Ireland, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.05 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1992 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0544 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.053 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.054 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.085 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.095 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.089 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ireland?
- Swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ireland was 0.08 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1 LSU/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.04 LSU/ha in 1975.
- How does Ireland rank for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Ireland ranks 68th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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.