Eastern Africa vs India: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock over time
- Eastern Africa
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 82.04 %LSU against 63.89 %LSU in Eastern Africa, a difference of 18.15 %LSU.
That makes India's figure about 1.3 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 9th and India ranks 8th of 31 groups.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.87 %LSU | 89.1 %LSU | 21.23 %LSU | India |
| 1970s | 67.75 %LSU | 88.62 %LSU | 20.88 %LSU | India |
| 1980s | 66.05 %LSU | 86.91 %LSU | 20.86 %LSU | India |
| 1990s | 67.49 %LSU | 85.71 %LSU | 18.22 %LSU | India |
| 2000s | 66.79 %LSU | 83.93 %LSU | 17.13 %LSU | India |
| 2010s | 65.42 %LSU | 82.83 %LSU | 17.41 %LSU | India |
| 2020s | 63.98 %LSU | 82.12 %LSU | 18.15 %LSU | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock, Eastern Africa or India?
- India, at 82.04 %LSU against 63.89 %LSU in Eastern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock between Eastern Africa and India?
- 18.15 %LSU, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and India?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Eastern Africa and India rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th and India ranks 8th of 31 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
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.