Brazil vs Europe: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Brazil
- Europe
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0.71 LSU/ha against 0.19 LSU/ha in Europe, a difference of 0.52 LSU/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 3.7 times Europe's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 19th and Europe ranks 18th of 190 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.1944 LSU/ha | 0.0656 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 0.313 LSU/ha | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.092 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 0.381 LSU/ha | 0.228 LSU/ha | 0.153 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 0.481 LSU/ha | 0.258 LSU/ha | 0.223 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.596 LSU/ha | 0.222 LSU/ha | 0.374 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.636 LSU/ha | 0.208 LSU/ha | 0.428 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.675 LSU/ha | 0.1975 LSU/ha | 0.4775 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, Brazil or Europe?
- Brazil, at 0.71 LSU/ha against 0.19 LSU/ha in Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Brazil and Europe?
- 0.52 LSU/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Europe rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Brazil ranks 19th and Europe ranks 18th 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.