South America vs Timor-Leste: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- South America
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 0.74 LSU/ha against 0.51 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 0.23 LSU/ha.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.5 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
South America ranks 3rd and Timor-Leste ranks 3rd of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, South America averaged higher in 2 and Timor-Leste in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2422 LSU/ha | 0.4744 LSU/ha | 0.2322 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 1970s | 0.29 LSU/ha | 0.454 LSU/ha | 0.164 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 1980s | 0.326 LSU/ha | 0.178 LSU/ha | 0.148 LSU/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 0.372 LSU/ha | 0.348 LSU/ha | 0.024 LSU/ha | South America |
| 2000s | 0.435 LSU/ha | 0.489 LSU/ha | 0.054 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 0.46 LSU/ha | 0.629 LSU/ha | 0.169 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 0.495 LSU/ha | 0.715 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, South America or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 0.74 LSU/ha against 0.51 LSU/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between South America and Timor-Leste?
- 0.23 LSU/ha, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Timor-Leste?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do South America and Timor-Leste rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- South America ranks 3rd and Timor-Leste ranks 3rd of 31 groups.
- 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.