South America vs USSR: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks

South America
271.45 million LSU
in 2023
USSR
69.63 million LSU
in 1991
South America rank
3rd
USSR rank
6th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time

  • South America
  • USSR
50.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M196119922023

How they compare

South America currently reports 271.45 million LSU against 69.63 million LSU in USSR, a difference of 201.82 million LSU.

That makes South America's figure about 3.9 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.

South America ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 6th of 43 groups.

South America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South America USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 111.03 million LSU 53.64 million LSU 57.39 million LSU South America
1970s 145.99 million LSU 64.11 million LSU 81.88 million LSU South America
1980s 176.68 million LSU 71.30 million LSU 105.37 million LSU South America
1990s 191.98 million LSU 70.46 million LSU 121.52 million LSU South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, South America or USSR?
South America, at 271.45 million LSU against 69.63 million LSU in USSR as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between South America and USSR?
201.82 million LSU, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South America and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do South America and USSR rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
South America ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 6th of 43 groups.
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.