Brazil vs Eastern Asia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Brazil
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.71 LSU/ha against 0.13 LSU/ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 0.58 LSU/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 5.5 times Eastern Asia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 22nd and Eastern Asia ranks 24th of 190 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.0922 LSU/ha | 0.1678 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 0.313 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.213 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 0.381 LSU/ha | 0.104 LSU/ha | 0.277 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0.481 LSU/ha | 0.128 LSU/ha | 0.353 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.596 LSU/ha | 0.126 LSU/ha | 0.47 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.636 LSU/ha | 0.108 LSU/ha | 0.528 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.675 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.555 LSU/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Brazil or Eastern Asia?
- Brazil, at 0.71 LSU/ha against 0.13 LSU/ha in Eastern Asia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Brazil and Eastern Asia?
- 0.58 LSU/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Eastern Asia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Eastern Asia rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Brazil ranks 22nd and Eastern Asia ranks 24th 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.