Nepal vs Western Africa: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Nepal
- Western Africa
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 0.63 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 0.49 LSU/ha.
That makes Nepal's figure about 4.5 times Western Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.
Nepal ranks 25th and Western Africa ranks 23rd of 190 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8322 LSU/ha | 0.0567 LSU/ha | 0.7756 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1970s | 0.833 LSU/ha | 0.064 LSU/ha | 0.769 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1980s | 0.799 LSU/ha | 0.073 LSU/ha | 0.726 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1990s | 0.793 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.713 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2000s | 0.836 LSU/ha | 0.097 LSU/ha | 0.739 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.91 LSU/ha | 0.124 LSU/ha | 0.786 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2020s | 0.8975 LSU/ha | 0.1375 LSU/ha | 0.76 LSU/ha | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Nepal or Western Africa?
- Nepal, at 0.63 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Nepal and Western Africa?
- 0.49 LSU/ha, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nepal and Western Africa rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Nepal ranks 25th and Western Africa ranks 23rd 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.