Australia vs Sierra Leone: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Australia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.08 LSU/ha against 0.07 LSU/ha in Australia, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Australia ranks 155th and Sierra Leone ranks 152nd of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0322 LSU/ha | 0.0478 LSU/ha | 0.0156 LSU/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.052 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.008 LSU/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.044 LSU/ha | 0.062 LSU/ha | 0.018 LSU/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.049 LSU/ha | 0.054 LSU/ha | 0.005 LSU/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.058 LSU/ha | 0.035 LSU/ha | 0.023 LSU/ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.066 LSU/ha | 0.076 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.0625 LSU/ha | 0.0825 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Australia or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.08 LSU/ha against 0.07 LSU/ha in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Australia and Sierra Leone?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sierra Leone?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Sierra Leone rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Australia ranks 155th and Sierra Leone ranks 152nd 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.