Nicaragua vs Western Africa: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Nicaragua
- Western Africa
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.76 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 0.62 LSU/ha.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 5.4 times Western Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Nicaragua ranks 21st and Western Africa ranks 23rd of 190 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.37 LSU/ha | 0.0567 LSU/ha | 0.3133 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.475 LSU/ha | 0.064 LSU/ha | 0.411 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.412 LSU/ha | 0.073 LSU/ha | 0.339 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.458 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.378 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.471 LSU/ha | 0.097 LSU/ha | 0.374 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.648 LSU/ha | 0.124 LSU/ha | 0.524 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.7425 LSU/ha | 0.1375 LSU/ha | 0.605 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Nicaragua or Western Africa?
- Nicaragua, at 0.76 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Nicaragua and Western Africa?
- 0.62 LSU/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nicaragua and Western Africa rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Nicaragua ranks 21st and Western Africa ranks 23rd 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.