Madagascar vs World: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock

Madagascar
75.59 %LSU
in 2023
World
57.28 %LSU
in 2023
Madagascar rank
19th
World rank
19th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock over time

  • Madagascar
  • World
020406080100196119922023

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 75.59 %LSU against 57.28 %LSU in World, a difference of 18.31 %LSU.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.3 times World's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.

Madagascar ranks 19th and World ranks 19th of 206 countries.

Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar World Difference Ahead
1960s 93.16 %LSU 66.47 %LSU 26.7 %LSU Madagascar
1970s 91 %LSU 65.76 %LSU 25.25 %LSU Madagascar
1980s 89.56 %LSU 63.73 %LSU 25.83 %LSU Madagascar
1990s 88.79 %LSU 61.74 %LSU 27.05 %LSU Madagascar
2000s 87.92 %LSU 60.12 %LSU 27.8 %LSU Madagascar
2010s 84.61 %LSU 58.15 %LSU 26.46 %LSU Madagascar
2020s 75.78 %LSU 57.24 %LSU 18.54 %LSU Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock, Madagascar or World?
Madagascar, at 75.59 %LSU against 57.28 %LSU in World as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock between Madagascar and World?
18.31 %LSU, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and World?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Madagascar and World rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
Madagascar ranks 19th and World ranks 19th of 206 countries.
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.