Caribbean vs Ireland: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Caribbean
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 1.4 LSU/ha against 0.44 LSU/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 0.96 LSU/ha.
That makes Ireland's figure about 3.2 times Caribbean's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 6th and Ireland ranks 5th of 31 groups.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5633 LSU/ha | 0.89 LSU/ha | 0.3267 LSU/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 0.496 LSU/ha | 1.11 LSU/ha | 0.615 LSU/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 0.479 LSU/ha | 1.08 LSU/ha | 0.599 LSU/ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 0.466 LSU/ha | 1.31 LSU/ha | 0.843 LSU/ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 0.443 LSU/ha | 1.43 LSU/ha | 0.987 LSU/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 0.464 LSU/ha | 1.37 LSU/ha | 0.903 LSU/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 0.4475 LSU/ha | 1.36 LSU/ha | 0.9125 LSU/ha | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Caribbean or Ireland?
- Ireland, at 1.4 LSU/ha against 0.44 LSU/ha in Caribbean as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Caribbean and Ireland?
- 0.96 LSU/ha, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Ireland?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Caribbean and Ireland rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Caribbean ranks 6th and Ireland ranks 5th 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.