Argentina vs Portugal: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Argentina
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.35 LSU/ha against 0.33 LSU/ha in Argentina, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Argentina's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Argentina ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 63rd of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2456 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.0144 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.303 LSU/ha | 0.276 LSU/ha | 0.027 LSU/ha | Argentina |
| 1980s | 0.295 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.005 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.282 LSU/ha | 0.322 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.301 LSU/ha | 0.383 LSU/ha | 0.082 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.32 LSU/ha | 0.365 LSU/ha | 0.045 LSU/ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Argentina or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.35 LSU/ha against 0.33 LSU/ha in Argentina as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Argentina and Portugal?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Portugal?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Argentina and Portugal rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Argentina ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 63rd 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.