India vs New Zealand: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area

India
0.86 LSU/ha
in 2023
New Zealand
0.88 LSU/ha
in 2023
India rank
16th
New Zealand rank
15th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • India
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.86 LSU/ha in India, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

India ranks 16th and New Zealand ranks 15th of 190 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 5 and New Zealand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade India New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 0.6467 LSU/ha 0.4911 LSU/ha 0.1556 LSU/ha India
1970s 0.668 LSU/ha 0.569 LSU/ha 0.099 LSU/ha India
1980s 0.743 LSU/ha 0.495 LSU/ha 0.248 LSU/ha India
1990s 0.796 LSU/ha 0.594 LSU/ha 0.202 LSU/ha India
2000s 0.813 LSU/ha 0.734 LSU/ha 0.079 LSU/ha India
2010s 0.836 LSU/ha 0.837 LSU/ha 0.001 LSU/ha New Zealand
2020s 0.855 LSU/ha 0.8925 LSU/ha 0.0375 LSU/ha New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, India or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.86 LSU/ha in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between India and New Zealand?
0.02 LSU/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and New Zealand?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and New Zealand rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
India ranks 16th and New Zealand ranks 15th 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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Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
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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.