France vs Germany: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- France
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 0.59 LSU/ha against 0.53 LSU/ha in France, a difference of 0.06 LSU/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times France's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
France ranks 34th and Germany ranks 31st of 190 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.55 LSU/ha | 0.8478 LSU/ha | 0.2978 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 0.645 LSU/ha | 0.946 LSU/ha | 0.301 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 0.659 LSU/ha | 1.03 LSU/ha | 0.371 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 0.611 LSU/ha | 0.866 LSU/ha | 0.255 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 0.613 LSU/ha | 0.713 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 0.595 LSU/ha | 0.67 LSU/ha | 0.075 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 0.545 LSU/ha | 0.6 LSU/ha | 0.055 LSU/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, France or Germany?
- Germany, at 0.59 LSU/ha against 0.53 LSU/ha in France as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between France and Germany?
- 0.06 LSU/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do France and Germany rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- France ranks 34th and Germany ranks 31st 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.