Puerto Rico vs United States of America: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Puerto Rico
- United States of America
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.8 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in United States of America, a difference of 0.59 LSU/ha.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 3.8 times United States of America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.
Puerto Rico ranks 14th and United States of America ranks 14th of 190 countries.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5 LSU/ha | 0.2433 LSU/ha | 0.2567 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 0.65 LSU/ha | 0.28 LSU/ha | 0.37 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 0.718 LSU/ha | 0.252 LSU/ha | 0.466 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 0.795 LSU/ha | 0.237 LSU/ha | 0.558 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.832 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.828 LSU/ha | 0.217 LSU/ha | 0.611 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.8 LSU/ha | 0.2175 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, Puerto Rico or United States of America?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.8 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in United States of America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Puerto Rico and United States of America?
- 0.59 LSU/ha, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and United States of America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Puerto Rico and United States of America rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Puerto Rico ranks 14th and United States of America 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.
Individual pages
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.