Africa vs Japan: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Africa
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.79 LSU/ha against 0.17 LSU/ha in Africa, a difference of 0.62 LSU/ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 4.6 times Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 22nd and Japan ranks 19th of 31 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0733 LSU/ha | 0.4211 LSU/ha | 0.3478 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.083 LSU/ha | 0.53 LSU/ha | 0.447 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.092 LSU/ha | 0.685 LSU/ha | 0.593 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.103 LSU/ha | 0.783 LSU/ha | 0.68 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.123 LSU/ha | 0.789 LSU/ha | 0.666 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.149 LSU/ha | 0.744 LSU/ha | 0.595 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.165 LSU/ha | 0.77 LSU/ha | 0.605 LSU/ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Africa or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.79 LSU/ha against 0.17 LSU/ha in Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Africa and Japan?
- 0.62 LSU/ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Japan?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Africa and Japan rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Africa ranks 22nd and Japan ranks 19th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — 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
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.