Sweden vs Western Europe: Cattle — Share in total livestock
Cattle — Share in total livestock over time
- Sweden
- Western Europe
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 77.12 %LSU against 62.47 %LSU in Western Europe, a difference of 14.65 %LSU.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 10th and Western Europe ranks 9th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 5 and Western Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74.68 %LSU | 70.85 %LSU | 3.82 %LSU | Sweden |
| 1970s | 67.5 %LSU | 69.46 %LSU | 1.95 %LSU | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 66.28 %LSU | 67.14 %LSU | 0.86 %LSU | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 67.08 %LSU | 64.88 %LSU | 2.2 %LSU | Sweden |
| 2000s | 65.81 %LSU | 63.1 %LSU | 2.7 %LSU | Sweden |
| 2010s | 63.88 %LSU | 61.86 %LSU | 2.01 %LSU | Sweden |
| 2020s | 76.67 %LSU | 62.45 %LSU | 14.23 %LSU | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Sweden or Western Europe?
- Sweden, at 77.12 %LSU against 62.47 %LSU in Western Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Sweden and Western Europe?
- 14.65 %LSU, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Western Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Western Europe rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Sweden ranks 10th and Western Europe ranks 9th 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.