Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain
Spain: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.34 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain, 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 Spain is 0.34 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain peaked at 0.34 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1965.
That places Spain 20th out of 172 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.05 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -40.0% |
| 1966 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 1975 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +44.4% |
| 1987 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -15.4% |
| 1988 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +27.3% |
| 1989 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 0.32 LSU/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.34 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0444 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.065 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.109 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.152 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.213 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.261 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.325 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain?
- Swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain was 0.34 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.34 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1965.
- How does Spain rank for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Spain ranks 20th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Spain 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.