Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in United States of America

United States of America: Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock was 14.67 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
14.67 %LSU
Change on year
up 3.4%
Rank
10th
of 31 groups
All-time high
14.67 %LSU
in 2023
All-time low
7.92 %LSU
in 1976
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in United States of America, 1961–2023

051015196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.

Analysis

United States of America recorded 14.67 %LSU for swine / pigs — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, swine / pigs — share in total livestock in United States of America peaked at 14.67 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.92 %LSU, in 1976.

United States of America ranks 10th 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 — Share in total livestock in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in United States of America, 1961 to 2023.
Year %LSU Change
1961 11 %LSU
1962 11.86 %LSU +7.8%
1963 11.69 %LSU -1.4%
1964 11.32 %LSU -3.2%
1965 10.18 %LSU -10.1%
1966 9.26 %LSU -9.0%
1967 10.32 %LSU +11.4%
1968 10.55 %LSU +2.2%
1969 10.79 %LSU +2.3%
1970 10.01 %LSU -7.2%
1971 11.4 %LSU +13.9%
1972 10.44 %LSU -8.4%
1973 9.71 %LSU -7.0%
1974 9.57 %LSU -1.4%
1975 8.51 %LSU -11.1%
1976 7.92 %LSU -6.9%
1977 9.04 %LSU +14.1%
1978 9.65 %LSU +6.7%
1979 10.59 %LSU +9.7%
1980 11.63 %LSU +9.8%
1981 10.93 %LSU -6.0%
1982 9.98 %LSU -8.7%
1983 9.38 %LSU -6.0%
1984 9.81 %LSU +4.6%
1985 9.64 %LSU -1.7%
1986 9.63 %LSU -0.1%
1987 9.59 %LSU -0.4%
1988 10.34 %LSU +7.8%
1989 10.72 %LSU +3.7%
1990 10.46 %LSU -2.4%
1991 11.35 %LSU +8.5%
1992 11.3 %LSU -0.4%
1993 11.08 %LSU -1.9%
1994 11.19 %LSU +1.0%
1995 10.76 %LSU -3.8%
1996 10.33 %LSU -4.0%
1997 11.29 %LSU +9.3%
1998 11.6 %LSU +2.7%
1999 11.15 %LSU -3.9%
2000 11.17 %LSU +0.2%
2001 11.32 %LSU +1.3%
2002 11.28 %LSU -0.4%
2003 11.43 %LSU +1.3%
2004 11.36 %LSU -0.6%
2005 11.41 %LSU +0.4%
2006 11.34 %LSU -0.6%
2007 11.52 %LSU +1.6%
2008 12.48 %LSU +8.3%
2009 12.14 %LSU -2.7%
2010 12.21 %LSU +0.6%
2011 12.6 %LSU +3.2%
2012 12.79 %LSU +1.5%
2013 12.66 %LSU -1.0%
2014 13.35 %LSU +5.5%
2015 13.47 %LSU +0.9%
2016 13.59 %LSU +0.9%
2017 13.69 %LSU +0.7%
2018 13.92 %LSU +1.7%
2019 14.36 %LSU +3.2%
2020 14.32 %LSU -0.3%
2021 13.94 %LSU -2.7%
2022 14.19 %LSU +1.8%
2023 14.67 %LSU +3.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 10.77 %LSU 9.26 %LSU 11.86 %LSU 9
1970s 9.68 %LSU 7.92 %LSU 11.4 %LSU 10
1980s 10.17 %LSU 9.38 %LSU 11.63 %LSU 10
1990s 11.05 %LSU 10.33 %LSU 11.6 %LSU 10
2000s 11.54 %LSU 11.17 %LSU 12.48 %LSU 10
2010s 13.26 %LSU 12.21 %LSU 14.36 %LSU 10
2020s 14.28 %LSU 13.94 %LSU 14.67 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 26.59 %LSU compare
  2. 7 Sao Tome and Principe 68.12 %LSU compare
  3. 8 Denmark 65.33 %LSU compare
  4. 8 Timor-Leste 24.09 %LSU compare
  5. 9 Niue 64.38 %LSU compare
  6. 10 Republic of Moldova 12.15 %LSU compare
  7. 10 Spain 53.81 %LSU compare
  8. 11 China, Taiwan Province of 53.02 %LSU compare
  9. 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.15 %LSU compare
  10. 12 Cyprus 51.82 %LSU compare
  11. 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.4 %LSU compare
  12. 13 Solomon Islands 48.48 %LSU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is swine / pigs — share in total livestock in United States of America?
Swine / pigs — share in total livestock in United States of America was 14.67 %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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 14.67 %LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest swine / pigs — share in total livestock recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 7.92 %LSU in 1976.
How does United States of America rank for swine / pigs — share in total livestock?
United States of America ranks 10th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is swine / pigs — share in total livestock rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America 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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Indicator
Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,804 data points, 1961–2023
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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.