Colombia vs Ecuador: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Colombia
- Ecuador
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 0.5 LSU/ha against 0.49 LSU/ha in Ecuador, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 39th and Ecuador ranks 41st of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 2 and Ecuador in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2844 LSU/ha | 0.3033 LSU/ha | 0.0189 LSU/ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.354 LSU/ha | 0.328 LSU/ha | 0.026 LSU/ha | Colombia |
| 1980s | 0.369 LSU/ha | 0.341 LSU/ha | 0.028 LSU/ha | Colombia |
| 1990s | 0.392 LSU/ha | 0.429 LSU/ha | 0.037 LSU/ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 0.419 LSU/ha | 0.455 LSU/ha | 0.036 LSU/ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 0.39 LSU/ha | 0.519 LSU/ha | 0.129 LSU/ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 0.48 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Colombia or Ecuador?
- Colombia, at 0.5 LSU/ha against 0.49 LSU/ha in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Colombia and Ecuador?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Ecuador?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Colombia and Ecuador rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Colombia ranks 39th and Ecuador ranks 41st 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.