India vs World: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- India
- World
How they compare
India currently reports 0.86 LSU/ha against 0.23 LSU/ha in World, a difference of 0.63 LSU/ha.
That makes India's figure about 3.7 times World's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 16th and World ranks 14th of 190 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6467 LSU/ha | 0.1656 LSU/ha | 0.4811 LSU/ha | India |
| 1970s | 0.668 LSU/ha | 0.186 LSU/ha | 0.482 LSU/ha | India |
| 1980s | 0.743 LSU/ha | 0.198 LSU/ha | 0.545 LSU/ha | India |
| 1990s | 0.796 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.596 LSU/ha | India |
| 2000s | 0.813 LSU/ha | 0.207 LSU/ha | 0.606 LSU/ha | India |
| 2010s | 0.836 LSU/ha | 0.218 LSU/ha | 0.618 LSU/ha | India |
| 2020s | 0.855 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.625 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 World?
- India, at 0.86 LSU/ha against 0.23 LSU/ha in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between India and World?
- 0.63 LSU/ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and World rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- India ranks 16th and World ranks 14th 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.