Australia vs Northern America: Cattle — Stocks
Cattle — Stocks over time
- Australia
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 100.14 million LSU against 26.89 million LSU in Australia, a difference of 73.25 million LSU.
That makes Northern America's figure about 3.7 times Australia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 11th and Northern America ranks 13th of 206 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.78 million LSU | 117.76 million LSU | 100.98 million LSU | Northern America |
| 1970s | 25.92 million LSU | 133.27 million LSU | 107.34 million LSU | Northern America |
| 1980s | 20.96 million LSU | 119.75 million LSU | 98.78 million LSU | Northern America |
| 1990s | 22.76 million LSU | 112.11 million LSU | 89.35 million LSU | Northern America |
| 2000s | 24.91 million LSU | 110.13 million LSU | 85.23 million LSU | Northern America |
| 2010s | 24.46 million LSU | 104.00 million LSU | 79.54 million LSU | Northern America |
| 2020s | 23.00 million LSU | 103.47 million LSU | 80.47 million LSU | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — stocks, Australia or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 100.14 million LSU against 26.89 million LSU in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Australia and Northern America?
- 73.25 million LSU, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Northern America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Northern America rank globally for cattle — stocks?
- Australia ranks 11th and Northern America ranks 13th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Stocks. 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.