Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in Spain
Spain: Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock was 53.81 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in Spain, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for swine / pigs — share in total livestock in Spain is 53.81 %LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — share in total livestock in Spain peaked at 53.81 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.7 %LSU, in 1965.
That places Spain 10th out of 172 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in Spain, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16.56 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 16.96 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 17.22 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 17.41 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 12.7 %LSU | -27.1% |
| 1966 | 14.9 %LSU | +17.3% |
| 1967 | 16.54 %LSU | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 16.8 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 17.52 %LSU | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 19.45 %LSU | +11.0% |
| 1971 | 19.19 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 19.84 %LSU | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 22.09 %LSU | +11.3% |
| 1974 | 22.23 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 21.2 %LSU | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 22.51 %LSU | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 23.28 %LSU | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 24.5 %LSU | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 25.11 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 26.78 %LSU | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 26.62 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 27.17 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 26.84 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 27.45 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 26.38 %LSU | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 33.42 %LSU | +26.7% |
| 1987 | 30.25 %LSU | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 33.55 %LSU | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 32.53 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 32.67 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 30.34 %LSU | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 32.06 %LSU | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 33.55 %LSU | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 33.44 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 34.22 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 33.47 %LSU | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 31.64 %LSU | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 32.49 %LSU | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 34.99 %LSU | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 35.31 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 34.5 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 35.76 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 36.23 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 37.02 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 37.4 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 39.26 %LSU | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 38.34 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 40.01 %LSU | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 40.05 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 39.86 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 40.58 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 40.61 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 41.12 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 41.37 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 42.23 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 42.97 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 42.99 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 49.93 %LSU | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 50.18 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 45.76 %LSU | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 52.84 %LSU | +15.5% |
| 2022 | 53.17 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 53.81 %LSU | +1.2% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 53.81 %LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 20.31 %LSU, 2.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Spain's 53.81 %LSU is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.11 %LSU, 2.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | -27.1% | 17.41 %LSU | 12.7 %LSU |
| 1986 | +26.7% | 26.38 %LSU | 33.42 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.29 %LSU | 12.7 %LSU | 17.52 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.94 %LSU | 19.19 %LSU | 25.11 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.1 %LSU | 26.38 %LSU | 33.55 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.89 %LSU | 30.34 %LSU | 34.99 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.39 %LSU | 34.5 %LSU | 40.05 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.18 %LSU | 39.86 %LSU | 50.18 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.4 %LSU | 45.76 %LSU | 53.81 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 26.59 %LSU compare
- 7 Sao Tome and Principe 68.12 %LSU compare
- 8 Denmark 65.33 %LSU compare
- 8 Timor-Leste 24.09 %LSU compare
- 9 Niue 64.38 %LSU compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 12.15 %LSU compare
- 11 China, Taiwan Province of 53.02 %LSU compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.15 %LSU compare
- 12 Cyprus 51.82 %LSU compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.4 %LSU compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 48.48 %LSU compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.5136 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — share in total livestock in Spain?
- Swine / pigs — share in total livestock in Spain was 53.81 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — share in total livestock recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 53.81 %LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — share in total livestock recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7 %LSU in 1965.
- How does Spain rank for swine / pigs — share in total livestock?
- Spain ranks 10th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — share in total livestock rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.9%. 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 Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock. 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.