Afghanistan vs USSR: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Afghanistan
- USSR
How they compare
USSR currently reports 0.12 LSU/ha against 0.1 LSU/ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
That makes USSR's figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 136th and USSR ranks 134th of 190 countries.
USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0633 LSU/ha | 0.0978 LSU/ha | 0.0344 LSU/ha | USSR |
| 1970s | 0.067 LSU/ha | 0.115 LSU/ha | 0.048 LSU/ha | USSR |
| 1980s | 0.048 LSU/ha | 0.128 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | USSR |
| 1990s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.125 LSU/ha | 0.095 LSU/ha | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Afghanistan or USSR?
- USSR, at 0.12 LSU/ha against 0.1 LSU/ha in Afghanistan as of 1991.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Afghanistan and USSR?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with USSR ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Afghanistan and USSR rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Afghanistan ranks 136th and USSR ranks 134th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.