Southern Europe vs Sri Lanka: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock

Southern Europe
46.05 %LSU
in 2023
Sri Lanka
75.26 %LSU
in 2023
Southern Europe rank
22nd
Sri Lanka rank
19th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock over time

  • Southern Europe
  • Sri Lanka
020406080100196119922023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 75.26 %LSU against 46.05 %LSU in Southern Europe, a difference of 29.21 %LSU.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.6 times Southern Europe's.

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

Southern Europe ranks 22nd and Sri Lanka ranks 19th of 31 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Southern Europe Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 52.13 %LSU 89.99 %LSU 37.87 %LSU Sri Lanka
1970s 50.48 %LSU 90.1 %LSU 39.62 %LSU Sri Lanka
1980s 48.04 %LSU 90.2 %LSU 42.16 %LSU Sri Lanka
1990s 43.89 %LSU 86.93 %LSU 43.03 %LSU Sri Lanka
2000s 42.15 %LSU 80.42 %LSU 38.27 %LSU Sri Lanka
2010s 42.19 %LSU 76 %LSU 33.8 %LSU Sri Lanka
2020s 45.2 %LSU 72.12 %LSU 26.91 %LSU Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock, Southern Europe or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 75.26 %LSU against 46.05 %LSU in Southern Europe as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock between Southern Europe and Sri Lanka?
29.21 %LSU, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Europe and Sri Lanka?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Southern Europe and Sri Lanka rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
Southern Europe ranks 22nd and Sri Lanka ranks 19th 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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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.