New Zealand vs Northern America: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- New Zealand
- Northern America
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in Northern America, a difference of 0.67 LSU/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 4.2 times Northern America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 14th of 190 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4911 LSU/ha | 0.2333 LSU/ha | 0.2578 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0.569 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.299 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.495 LSU/ha | 0.245 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.594 LSU/ha | 0.232 LSU/ha | 0.362 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.734 LSU/ha | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.503 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.837 LSU/ha | 0.215 LSU/ha | 0.622 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.8925 LSU/ha | 0.2175 LSU/ha | 0.675 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, New Zealand or Northern America?
- New Zealand, at 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in Northern America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between New Zealand and Northern America?
- 0.67 LSU/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Northern America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Northern America rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- New Zealand ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 14th 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.