New Zealand vs World: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- New Zealand
- World
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in World, a difference of 0.67 LSU/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 4.2 times World's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 13th and World 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 | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4911 LSU/ha | 0.1533 LSU/ha | 0.3378 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0.569 LSU/ha | 0.173 LSU/ha | 0.396 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.495 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.315 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.594 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.414 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.734 LSU/ha | 0.186 LSU/ha | 0.548 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.837 LSU/ha | 0.195 LSU/ha | 0.642 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.8925 LSU/ha | 0.2075 LSU/ha | 0.685 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 World?
- New Zealand, at 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between New Zealand and World?
- 0.67 LSU/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and World rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- New Zealand ranks 13th and World 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.