Germany vs Southern Africa: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Germany
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Germany currently reports 0.59 LSU/ha against 0.07 LSU/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 0.52 LSU/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 8.4 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 190 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8478 LSU/ha | 0.0656 LSU/ha | 0.7822 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 0.946 LSU/ha | 0.071 LSU/ha | 0.875 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 1.03 LSU/ha | 0.072 LSU/ha | 0.958 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 0.866 LSU/ha | 0.072 LSU/ha | 0.794 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 0.713 LSU/ha | 0.076 LSU/ha | 0.637 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 0.67 LSU/ha | 0.076 LSU/ha | 0.594 LSU/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 0.6 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.53 LSU/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Germany or Southern Africa?
- Germany, at 0.59 LSU/ha against 0.07 LSU/ha in Southern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Germany and Southern Africa?
- 0.52 LSU/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Germany and Southern Africa rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Germany ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 27th 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.