Australia vs Europe: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks

Australia
26.89 million LSU
in 2023
Europe
88.82 million LSU
in 2023
Australia rank
11th
Europe rank
14th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time

  • Australia
  • Europe
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M196119922023

How they compare

Europe currently reports 88.82 million LSU against 26.89 million LSU in Australia, a difference of 61.93 million LSU.

That makes Europe's figure about 3.3 times Australia's.

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

Australia ranks 11th and Europe ranks 14th of 190 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 16.78 million LSU 152.53 million LSU 135.75 million LSU Europe
1970s 25.92 million LSU 171.23 million LSU 145.30 million LSU Europe
1980s 20.96 million LSU 179.10 million LSU 158.13 million LSU Europe
1990s 22.76 million LSU 139.92 million LSU 117.16 million LSU Europe
2000s 24.91 million LSU 105.60 million LSU 80.69 million LSU Europe
2010s 24.46 million LSU 96.25 million LSU 71.80 million LSU Europe
2020s 23.00 million LSU 90.71 million LSU 67.72 million LSU Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, Australia or Europe?
Europe, at 88.82 million LSU against 26.89 million LSU in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between Australia and Europe?
61.93 million LSU, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Europe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Europe rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
Australia ranks 11th and Europe ranks 14th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. 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 — Stocks
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.