Africa vs Brazil: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Africa
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.71 LSU/ha against 0.17 LSU/ha in Africa, a difference of 0.54 LSU/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 4.2 times Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 22nd and Brazil ranks 19th of 31 groups.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0722 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.1878 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 0.082 LSU/ha | 0.313 LSU/ha | 0.231 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 0.091 LSU/ha | 0.381 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0.102 LSU/ha | 0.481 LSU/ha | 0.379 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.596 LSU/ha | 0.476 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.148 LSU/ha | 0.636 LSU/ha | 0.488 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.165 LSU/ha | 0.675 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Africa or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 0.71 LSU/ha against 0.17 LSU/ha in Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Africa and Brazil?
- 0.54 LSU/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Brazil?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Africa and Brazil rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Africa ranks 22nd and Brazil ranks 19th of 31 groups.
- 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.