Americas vs Uruguay: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock

Americas
74.47 %LSU
in 2023
Uruguay
85.65 %LSU
in 2023
Americas rank
1st
Uruguay rank
6th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock over time

  • Americas
  • Uruguay
020406080196119922023

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 85.65 %LSU against 74.47 %LSU in Americas, a difference of 11.18 %LSU.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times Americas's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.

Americas ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 6th of 10 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 75.18 %LSU 69.46 %LSU 5.72 %LSU Americas
1970s 76.98 %LSU 76.76 %LSU 0.213 %LSU Americas
1980s 76.73 %LSU 72.77 %LSU 3.96 %LSU Americas
1990s 76.49 %LSU 73.02 %LSU 3.47 %LSU Americas
2000s 75.88 %LSU 83.97 %LSU 8.09 %LSU Uruguay
2010s 74.82 %LSU 86.22 %LSU 11.39 %LSU Uruguay
2020s 74.42 %LSU 85.4 %LSU 10.97 %LSU Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock, Americas or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 85.65 %LSU against 74.47 %LSU in Americas as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock between Americas and Uruguay?
11.18 %LSU, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Uruguay?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Americas and Uruguay rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
Americas ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 6th of 10 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.