OECD vs Spain: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area

OECD
0.22 LSU/ha
in 2023
Spain
0.23 LSU/ha
in 2023
OECD rank
89th
Spain rank
86th

Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • OECD
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.23 LSU/ha against 0.22 LSU/ha in OECD, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was OECD ahead.

OECD ranks 89th and Spain ranks 86th of 188 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, OECD averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 0.19 LSU/ha 0.1044 LSU/ha 0.0856 LSU/ha OECD
1970s 0.219 LSU/ha 0.124 LSU/ha 0.095 LSU/ha OECD
1980s 0.213 LSU/ha 0.145 LSU/ha 0.068 LSU/ha OECD
1990s 0.206 LSU/ha 0.161 LSU/ha 0.045 LSU/ha OECD
2000s 0.208 LSU/ha 0.199 LSU/ha 0.009 LSU/ha OECD
2010s 0.215 LSU/ha 0.208 LSU/ha 0.007 LSU/ha OECD
2020s 0.22 LSU/ha 0.2275 LSU/ha 0.0075 LSU/ha Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, OECD or Spain?
Spain, at 0.23 LSU/ha against 0.22 LSU/ha in OECD as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between OECD and Spain?
0.01 LSU/ha, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD and Spain?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do OECD and Spain rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
OECD ranks 89th and Spain ranks 86th of 188 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

Indicator
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.