China vs Italy: Buffalo — Livestock units per agricultural land area

China
0.04 LSU/ha
in 2023
Italy
0.02 LSU/ha
in 2023
China rank
14th
Italy rank
17th

Buffalo — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • China
  • Italy
00.010.020.030.04196119922023

How they compare

China currently reports 0.04 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in Italy, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.

That makes China's figure about 2.0 times Italy's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 14th and Italy ranks 17th of 60 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Italy Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0244 LSU/ha 0 LSU/ha 0.0244 LSU/ha China
1970s 0.03 LSU/ha 0 LSU/ha 0.03 LSU/ha China
1980s 0.03 LSU/ha 0 LSU/ha 0.03 LSU/ha China
1990s 0.03 LSU/ha 0.004 LSU/ha 0.026 LSU/ha China
2000s 0.031 LSU/ha 0.011 LSU/ha 0.02 LSU/ha China
2010s 0.04 LSU/ha 0.02 LSU/ha 0.02 LSU/ha China
2020s 0.04 LSU/ha 0.02 LSU/ha 0.02 LSU/ha China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher buffalo — livestock units per agricultural land area, China or Italy?
China, at 0.04 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in buffalo — livestock units per agricultural land area between China and Italy?
0.02 LSU/ha, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Italy?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do China and Italy rank globally for buffalo — livestock units per agricultural land area?
China ranks 14th and Italy ranks 17th of 60 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Buffalo — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Buffalo — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
95 places, 4,258 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.