Australia vs United States of America: Cattle — Stocks

Australia
26.89 million LSU
in 2023
United States of America
88.84 million LSU
in 2023
Australia rank
11th
United States of America rank
13th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Australia
  • United States of America
25.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M196119922023

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 88.84 million LSU against 26.89 million LSU in Australia, a difference of 61.95 million LSU.

That makes United States of America's figure about 3.3 times Australia's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 11th and United States of America ranks 13th of 190 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia United States of America Difference Ahead
1960s 16.78 million LSU 106.28 million LSU 89.49 million LSU United States of America
1970s 25.92 million LSU 120.42 million LSU 94.49 million LSU United States of America
1980s 20.96 million LSU 108.28 million LSU 87.32 million LSU United States of America
1990s 22.76 million LSU 99.68 million LSU 76.92 million LSU United States of America
2000s 24.91 million LSU 96.23 million LSU 71.32 million LSU United States of America
2010s 24.46 million LSU 92.05 million LSU 67.60 million LSU United States of America
2020s 23.00 million LSU 92.00 million LSU 69.00 million LSU United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Australia or United States of America?
United States of America, at 88.84 million LSU against 26.89 million LSU in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Australia and United States of America?
61.95 million LSU, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Australia ranks 11th and United States of America ranks 13th of 190 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

Indicator
Cattle — Stocks
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.