New Zealand vs Norway: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- New Zealand
- Norway
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.8 LSU/ha in Norway, a difference of 0.08 LSU/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Norway ahead.
New Zealand ranks 13th and Norway ranks 14th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4911 LSU/ha | 0.9511 LSU/ha | 0.46 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.569 LSU/ha | 0.929 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.495 LSU/ha | 0.916 LSU/ha | 0.421 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.594 LSU/ha | 0.862 LSU/ha | 0.268 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.734 LSU/ha | 0.812 LSU/ha | 0.078 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.837 LSU/ha | 0.788 LSU/ha | 0.049 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.8925 LSU/ha | 0.8125 LSU/ha | 0.08 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 Norway?
- New Zealand, at 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.8 LSU/ha in Norway as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between New Zealand and Norway?
- 0.08 LSU/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Norway?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Norway rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- New Zealand ranks 13th and Norway 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.