China (People’s Republic of) vs Southern Asia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks

China (People’s Republic of)
69.99 million LSU
in 2023
Southern Asia
229.31 million LSU
in 2023
China (People’s Republic of) rank
4th
Southern Asia rank
4th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • Southern Asia
50.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M196119922023

How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 229.31 million LSU against 69.99 million LSU in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 159.33 million LSU.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 3.3 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

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

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 4th and Southern Asia ranks 4th of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) Southern Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 42.23 million LSU 148.06 million LSU 105.83 million LSU Southern Asia
1970s 48.39 million LSU 157.95 million LSU 109.56 million LSU Southern Asia
1980s 54.40 million LSU 173.50 million LSU 119.11 million LSU Southern Asia
1990s 75.28 million LSU 188.91 million LSU 113.63 million LSU Southern Asia
2000s 74.84 million LSU 199.33 million LSU 124.50 million LSU Southern Asia
2010s 60.87 million LSU 215.64 million LSU 154.77 million LSU Southern Asia
2020s 66.78 million LSU 227.97 million LSU 161.19 million LSU Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, China (People’s Republic of) or Southern Asia?
Southern Asia, at 229.31 million LSU against 69.99 million LSU in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between China (People’s Republic of) and Southern Asia?
159.33 million LSU, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Southern Asia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and Southern Asia rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 4th and Southern Asia ranks 4th of 188 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.