Central America vs Ethiopia: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Central America
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 0.92 LSU/ha against 0.32 LSU/ha in Central America, a difference of 0.6 LSU/ha.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 2.9 times Central America's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 9th and Ethiopia ranks 10th of 31 groups.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 0.28 LSU/ha | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 0.247 LSU/ha | 0.635 LSU/ha | 0.388 LSU/ha | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 0.291 LSU/ha | 0.778 LSU/ha | 0.487 LSU/ha | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 0.3125 LSU/ha | 0.89 LSU/ha | 0.5775 LSU/ha | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Central America or Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 0.92 LSU/ha against 0.32 LSU/ha in Central America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Central America and Ethiopia?
- 0.6 LSU/ha, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Ethiopia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
- How do Central America and Ethiopia rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Central America ranks 9th and Ethiopia ranks 10th of 31 groups.
- 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.