Northern America vs Puerto Rico: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Northern America
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.8 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in Northern America, a difference of 0.59 LSU/ha.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 3.8 times Northern America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.
Northern America ranks 14th and Puerto Rico ranks 14th of 31 groups.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern America | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2333 LSU/ha | 0.5 LSU/ha | 0.2667 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.65 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 0.245 LSU/ha | 0.718 LSU/ha | 0.473 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 0.232 LSU/ha | 0.795 LSU/ha | 0.563 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 0.231 LSU/ha | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.832 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.215 LSU/ha | 0.828 LSU/ha | 0.613 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.2175 LSU/ha | 0.8 LSU/ha | 0.5825 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Northern America or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.8 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 Northern America and Puerto Rico?
- 0.59 LSU/ha, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and Puerto Rico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Northern America and Puerto Rico rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Northern America ranks 14th and Puerto Rico ranks 14th of 31 groups.
- 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.