Australia vs World: Cattle — Share in total livestock
Cattle — Share in total livestock over time
- Australia
- World
How they compare
Australia currently reports 73.88 %LSU against 51.54 %LSU in World, a difference of 22.34 %LSU.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times World's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was World ahead.
Australia ranks 20th and World ranks 23rd of 206 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and World in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49.23 %LSU | 61.56 %LSU | 12.33 %LSU | World |
| 1970s | 61.11 %LSU | 60.83 %LSU | 0.282 %LSU | Australia |
| 1980s | 56.9 %LSU | 58.51 %LSU | 1.61 %LSU | World |
| 1990s | 60.01 %LSU | 56.21 %LSU | 3.8 %LSU | Australia |
| 2000s | 68.32 %LSU | 54.32 %LSU | 14 %LSU | Australia |
| 2010s | 72.69 %LSU | 52.19 %LSU | 20.5 %LSU | Australia |
| 2020s | 71.5 %LSU | 51.49 %LSU | 20.01 %LSU | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Australia or World?
- Australia, at 73.88 %LSU against 51.54 %LSU in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Australia and World?
- 22.34 %LSU, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and World rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Australia ranks 20th and World ranks 23rd of 206 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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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.