Puerto Rico vs World: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Puerto Rico
- World
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.8 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in World, a difference of 0.59 LSU/ha.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 3.8 times World's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.
Puerto Rico ranks 14th and World 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 | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5 LSU/ha | 0.1533 LSU/ha | 0.3467 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 0.65 LSU/ha | 0.173 LSU/ha | 0.477 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 0.718 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.538 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 0.795 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.615 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.186 LSU/ha | 0.877 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.828 LSU/ha | 0.195 LSU/ha | 0.633 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.8 LSU/ha | 0.2075 LSU/ha | 0.5925 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 World?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.8 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 Puerto Rico and World?
- 0.59 LSU/ha, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Puerto Rico and World rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Puerto Rico ranks 14th 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.