Brazil vs Nicaragua: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Brazil
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.76 LSU/ha against 0.71 LSU/ha in Brazil, a difference of 0.05 LSU/ha.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Brazil ranks 19th and Nicaragua ranks 18th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.37 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.313 LSU/ha | 0.475 LSU/ha | 0.162 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.381 LSU/ha | 0.412 LSU/ha | 0.031 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.481 LSU/ha | 0.458 LSU/ha | 0.023 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.596 LSU/ha | 0.471 LSU/ha | 0.125 LSU/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.636 LSU/ha | 0.648 LSU/ha | 0.012 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.675 LSU/ha | 0.7425 LSU/ha | 0.0675 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Brazil or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.76 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 Nicaragua?
- 0.05 LSU/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Nicaragua rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Brazil ranks 19th and Nicaragua 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.