Brazil vs Japan: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Brazil
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.79 LSU/ha against 0.71 LSU/ha in Brazil, a difference of 0.08 LSU/ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 19th and Japan ranks 16th of 190 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.4211 LSU/ha | 0.1611 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.313 LSU/ha | 0.53 LSU/ha | 0.217 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.381 LSU/ha | 0.685 LSU/ha | 0.304 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.481 LSU/ha | 0.783 LSU/ha | 0.302 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.596 LSU/ha | 0.789 LSU/ha | 0.193 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.636 LSU/ha | 0.744 LSU/ha | 0.108 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.675 LSU/ha | 0.77 LSU/ha | 0.095 LSU/ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Brazil or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.79 LSU/ha against 0.71 LSU/ha in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Brazil and Japan?
- 0.08 LSU/ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Japan?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Japan rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Brazil ranks 19th and Japan ranks 16th 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.