Type of indicator

Sectoral

Indicator C21

Livestock units

Definition

This indicator gives the total number of livestock of the holdings with livestock. 

LSU facilitates the aggregation of livestock from various species and ages. LSU coefficients are used instead of the actual number of animals in order to make comparable aggregations of different animal categories.

 

Unit of measurement

LSU of the holdings with livestock

Data source

Eurostat – Farm Structure Survey (FSS)

References/location of the data

For national and regional data for 2013 and before: [ef_olslsuft] and [ef_olsaareg]; [ef_olslsureg]

For 2016 and after: [ef_lsk_bovine], [ef_lsk_poultry],[ef_lsk_main] and [ef_lus_main]

 

Data collection level

EU, national (NUTS 0) and regional (NUTS 1 and 2)

Frequency

FSS: full census every 10 years, intermediate surveys 2/3 times in-between.

Delay

2-3 years

Comments/caveats

For the reference year 2020, Eurostat has introduced some changes in the collection of data. In synthesis:

  • virtual entities (common land units without a farm manager) are excluded from the table as they are not agricultural holdings 
  • agricultural holdings that do not keep animals are discarded from the table
  • the sum of the breakdowns of the dimension ANIMALS for the unit HLD does not equal the total value due to potential overlaps between animal groups. 
  • “horses” (A1000) have not been collected in 2020, but some countries may have included information about Equidae in “other animals” (A6900A).

 

For more information, see the explanatory texts and important notice files at the link: Statistics | Eurostat (europa.eu)