Australia vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cattle — Share in total livestock

Australia
73.88 %LSU
in 2023
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
51.53 %LSU
in 2023
Australia rank
18th
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
20th

Cattle — Share in total livestock over time

  • Australia
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 73.88 %LSU against 51.53 %LSU in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), a difference of 22.35 %LSU.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.

Australia ranks 18th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 20th of 190 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 49.23 %LSU 61.9 %LSU 12.67 %LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1970s 61.11 %LSU 60.66 %LSU 0.447 %LSU Australia
1980s 56.9 %LSU 58.67 %LSU 1.77 %LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1990s 60.01 %LSU 56.29 %LSU 3.72 %LSU Australia
2000s 68.32 %LSU 55.08 %LSU 13.24 %LSU Australia
2010s 72.69 %LSU 53.22 %LSU 19.48 %LSU Australia
2020s 71.5 %LSU 51.79 %LSU 19.7 %LSU Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Australia or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Australia, at 73.88 %LSU against 51.53 %LSU in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Australia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
22.35 %LSU, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
Australia ranks 18th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 20th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Share in total livestock. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cattle — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
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.