Portugal vs Rwanda: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Portugal
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 0.38 LSU/ha against 0.35 LSU/ha in Portugal, a difference of 0.03 LSU/ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 63rd and Rwanda ranks 60th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 6 and Rwanda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.2056 LSU/ha | 0.0544 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.276 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.056 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.171 LSU/ha | 0.129 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.322 LSU/ha | 0.165 LSU/ha | 0.157 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.269 LSU/ha | 0.071 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.383 LSU/ha | 0.314 LSU/ha | 0.069 LSU/ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.365 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 0.015 LSU/ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Portugal or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 0.38 LSU/ha against 0.35 LSU/ha in Portugal as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Portugal and Rwanda?
- 0.03 LSU/ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Rwanda?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Portugal and Rwanda rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Portugal ranks 63rd and Rwanda ranks 60th 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.