India vs Norway: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- India
- Norway
How they compare
India currently reports 0.86 LSU/ha against 0.8 LSU/ha in Norway, a difference of 0.06 LSU/ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Norway ahead.
India ranks 16th and Norway ranks 17th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6467 LSU/ha | 0.9511 LSU/ha | 0.3044 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.668 LSU/ha | 0.929 LSU/ha | 0.261 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.743 LSU/ha | 0.916 LSU/ha | 0.173 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.796 LSU/ha | 0.862 LSU/ha | 0.066 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.813 LSU/ha | 0.812 LSU/ha | 0.001 LSU/ha | India |
| 2010s | 0.836 LSU/ha | 0.788 LSU/ha | 0.048 LSU/ha | India |
| 2020s | 0.855 LSU/ha | 0.8125 LSU/ha | 0.0425 LSU/ha | India |
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 Norway?
- India, at 0.86 LSU/ha against 0.8 LSU/ha in Norway as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between India and Norway?
- 0.06 LSU/ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Norway?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Norway rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- India ranks 16th and Norway ranks 17th 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.