Guatemala vs Southern Africa: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Guatemala
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 0.63 LSU/ha against 0.07 LSU/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 0.56 LSU/ha.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 9.0 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Guatemala has been ahead every year.
Guatemala ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 190 countries.
Guatemala has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3356 LSU/ha | 0.0656 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | Guatemala |
| 1970s | 0.372 LSU/ha | 0.071 LSU/ha | 0.301 LSU/ha | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 0.405 LSU/ha | 0.072 LSU/ha | 0.333 LSU/ha | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 0.357 LSU/ha | 0.072 LSU/ha | 0.285 LSU/ha | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 0.41 LSU/ha | 0.076 LSU/ha | 0.334 LSU/ha | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 0.578 LSU/ha | 0.076 LSU/ha | 0.502 LSU/ha | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 0.6225 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.5525 LSU/ha | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Guatemala or Southern Africa?
- Guatemala, at 0.63 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 Guatemala and Southern Africa?
- 0.56 LSU/ha, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Guatemala and Southern Africa rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Guatemala ranks 25th 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.