Spain vs Sri Lanka: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.24 LSU/ha against 0.23 LSU/ha in Spain, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 89th and Sri Lanka ranks 88th of 190 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1044 LSU/ha | 0.6 LSU/ha | 0.4956 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 0.124 LSU/ha | 0.512 LSU/ha | 0.388 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.145 LSU/ha | 0.577 LSU/ha | 0.432 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.161 LSU/ha | 0.487 LSU/ha | 0.326 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.199 LSU/ha | 0.305 LSU/ha | 0.106 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.208 LSU/ha | 0.264 LSU/ha | 0.056 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.2275 LSU/ha | 0.2525 LSU/ha | 0.025 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Spain or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.24 LSU/ha against 0.23 LSU/ha in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Spain and Sri Lanka?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Spain and Sri Lanka rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Spain ranks 89th and Sri Lanka ranks 88th 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.