Sri Lanka vs World: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock over time
- Sri Lanka
- World
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 75.26 %LSU against 57.28 %LSU in World, a difference of 17.98 %LSU.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.3 times World's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Sri Lanka ranks 19th and World ranks 16th of 190 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.99 %LSU | 66.47 %LSU | 23.53 %LSU | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 90.1 %LSU | 65.76 %LSU | 24.35 %LSU | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 90.2 %LSU | 63.73 %LSU | 26.47 %LSU | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 86.93 %LSU | 61.74 %LSU | 25.19 %LSU | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 80.42 %LSU | 60.12 %LSU | 20.3 %LSU | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 76 %LSU | 58.15 %LSU | 17.85 %LSU | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 72.12 %LSU | 57.24 %LSU | 14.88 %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, Sri Lanka or World?
- Sri Lanka, at 75.26 %LSU against 57.28 %LSU in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock between Sri Lanka and World?
- 17.98 %LSU, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Sri Lanka and World rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Sri Lanka ranks 19th and World ranks 16th of 190 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
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.