Brazil vs Eastern Africa: Cattle — Share in total livestock
Cattle — Share in total livestock over time
- Brazil
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 82.74 %LSU against 63.89 %LSU in Eastern Africa, a difference of 18.85 %LSU.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.3 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 7th and Eastern Africa ranks 8th of 190 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74.51 %LSU | 67.87 %LSU | 6.64 %LSU | Brazil |
| 1970s | 77.48 %LSU | 67.75 %LSU | 9.74 %LSU | Brazil |
| 1980s | 81.01 %LSU | 66.05 %LSU | 14.96 %LSU | Brazil |
| 1990s | 82.44 %LSU | 67.49 %LSU | 14.94 %LSU | Brazil |
| 2000s | 83.9 %LSU | 66.79 %LSU | 17.1 %LSU | Brazil |
| 2010s | 82.92 %LSU | 65.42 %LSU | 17.5 %LSU | Brazil |
| 2020s | 82.34 %LSU | 63.98 %LSU | 18.37 %LSU | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Brazil or Eastern Africa?
- Brazil, at 82.74 %LSU against 63.89 %LSU in Eastern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Brazil and Eastern Africa?
- 18.85 %LSU, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Eastern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Eastern Africa rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Eastern Africa ranks 8th 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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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.