Switzerland vs World: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Switzerland
- World
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.92 LSU/ha against 0.23 LSU/ha in World, a difference of 0.69 LSU/ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 4.0 times World's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Switzerland ranks 12th and World ranks 14th of 190 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Switzerland | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9422 LSU/ha | 0.1656 LSU/ha | 0.7767 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.186 LSU/ha | 0.878 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.198 LSU/ha | 0.858 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.988 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.788 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.916 LSU/ha | 0.207 LSU/ha | 0.709 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.921 LSU/ha | 0.218 LSU/ha | 0.703 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.915 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.685 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Switzerland or World?
- Switzerland, at 0.92 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 Switzerland and World?
- 0.69 LSU/ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Switzerland and World rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Switzerland ranks 12th 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.