Brazil vs Nicaragua: Cattle — Share in total livestock

Brazil
82.74 %LSU
in 2023
Nicaragua
86.29 %LSU
in 2023
Brazil rank
7th
Nicaragua rank
5th

Cattle — Share in total livestock over time

  • Brazil
  • Nicaragua
020406080196119922023

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 86.29 %LSU against 82.74 %LSU in Brazil, a difference of 3.55 %LSU.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 5th of 188 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 74.51 %LSU 83.13 %LSU 8.62 %LSU Nicaragua
1970s 77.48 %LSU 83.2 %LSU 5.72 %LSU Nicaragua
1980s 81.01 %LSU 80.71 %LSU 0.303 %LSU Brazil
1990s 82.44 %LSU 85.76 %LSU 3.33 %LSU Nicaragua
2000s 83.9 %LSU 84.53 %LSU 0.633 %LSU Nicaragua
2010s 82.92 %LSU 86.05 %LSU 3.13 %LSU Nicaragua
2020s 82.34 %LSU 86.27 %LSU 3.92 %LSU Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Brazil or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 86.29 %LSU against 82.74 %LSU in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Brazil and Nicaragua?
3.55 %LSU, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nicaragua?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Nicaragua rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
Brazil ranks 7th and Nicaragua ranks 5th of 188 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

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.