Bangladesh vs South America: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Bangladesh
- South America
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 1.4 LSU/ha against 0.51 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 0.89 LSU/ha.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 2.7 times South America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 5th and South America ranks 3rd of 190 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.21 LSU/ha | 0.2422 LSU/ha | 0.9711 LSU/ha | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 1.37 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | 1.08 LSU/ha | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 1.13 LSU/ha | 0.326 LSU/ha | 0.806 LSU/ha | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 1.24 LSU/ha | 0.372 LSU/ha | 0.871 LSU/ha | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 1.27 LSU/ha | 0.435 LSU/ha | 0.839 LSU/ha | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 1.36 LSU/ha | 0.46 LSU/ha | 0.902 LSU/ha | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 1.39 LSU/ha | 0.495 LSU/ha | 0.89 LSU/ha | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Bangladesh or South America?
- Bangladesh, at 1.4 LSU/ha against 0.51 LSU/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Bangladesh and South America?
- 0.89 LSU/ha, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and South America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and South America rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Bangladesh ranks 5th and South America ranks 3rd of 190 countries.
- 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.