Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia PDR: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Burkina Faso
- Ethiopia PDR
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 0.35 LSU/ha against 0.33 LSU/ha in Ethiopia PDR, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia PDR's.
Across all 32 years both countries report, Ethiopia PDR has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 63rd and Ethiopia PDR ranks 66th of 190 countries.
Ethiopia PDR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Ethiopia PDR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1189 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.1411 LSU/ha | Ethiopia PDR |
| 1970s | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.265 LSU/ha | 0.126 LSU/ha | Ethiopia PDR |
| 1980s | 0.176 LSU/ha | 0.283 LSU/ha | 0.107 LSU/ha | Ethiopia PDR |
| 1990s | 0.1967 LSU/ha | 0.3233 LSU/ha | 0.1267 LSU/ha | Ethiopia PDR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Burkina Faso or Ethiopia PDR?
- Burkina Faso, at 0.35 LSU/ha against 0.33 LSU/ha in Ethiopia PDR as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Burkina Faso and Ethiopia PDR?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Ethiopia PDR?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1992.
- How do Burkina Faso and Ethiopia PDR rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Burkina Faso ranks 63rd and Ethiopia PDR ranks 66th 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.