Canada vs Sri Lanka: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Canada
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0.2 LSU/ha against 0.19 LSU/ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Canada ranks 98th and Sri Lanka ranks 101st of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1811 LSU/ha | 0.3978 LSU/ha | 0.2167 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 0.203 LSU/ha | 0.347 LSU/ha | 0.144 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.188 LSU/ha | 0.377 LSU/ha | 0.189 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.203 LSU/ha | 0.333 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.229 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.011 LSU/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.206 LSU/ha | 0.202 LSU/ha | 0.004 LSU/ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.1975 LSU/ha | 0.0025 LSU/ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Canada or Sri Lanka?
- Canada, at 0.2 LSU/ha against 0.19 LSU/ha in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Canada and Sri Lanka?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Sri Lanka rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Canada ranks 98th and Sri Lanka ranks 101st 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.