Southern Africa vs Uruguay: Cattle — Share in total livestock
Cattle — Share in total livestock over time
- Southern Africa
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 85.65 %LSU against 65.45 %LSU in Southern Africa, a difference of 20.2 %LSU.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Southern Africa ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 6th of 31 groups.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Africa | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62.68 %LSU | 69.46 %LSU | 6.77 %LSU | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 67.38 %LSU | 76.76 %LSU | 9.38 %LSU | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 67.34 %LSU | 72.77 %LSU | 5.44 %LSU | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 65.08 %LSU | 73.02 %LSU | 7.94 %LSU | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 65.62 %LSU | 83.97 %LSU | 18.35 %LSU | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 65.3 %LSU | 86.22 %LSU | 20.91 %LSU | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 64.96 %LSU | 85.4 %LSU | 20.43 %LSU | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Southern Africa or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 85.65 %LSU against 65.45 %LSU in Southern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Southern Africa and Uruguay?
- 20.2 %LSU, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Uruguay?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Southern Africa and Uruguay rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Southern Africa ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 6th of 31 groups.
- 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.