Canada vs Western Europe: Cattle — Stocks
Cattle — Stocks over time
- Canada
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 33.46 million LSU against 11.29 million LSU in Canada, a difference of 22.16 million LSU.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 3.0 times Canada's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 24th and Western Europe ranks 22nd of 206 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.48 million LSU | 44.68 million LSU | 33.20 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 12.85 million LSU | 49.17 million LSU | 36.32 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 11.46 million LSU | 51.04 million LSU | 39.58 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 12.43 million LSU | 44.37 million LSU | 31.93 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 13.91 million LSU | 39.62 million LSU | 25.71 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 11.94 million LSU | 37.48 million LSU | 25.54 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 11.47 million LSU | 34.07 million LSU | 22.61 million LSU | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — stocks, Canada or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 33.46 million LSU against 11.29 million LSU in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Canada and Western Europe?
- 22.16 million LSU, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Western Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Western Europe rank globally for cattle — stocks?
- Canada ranks 24th and Western Europe ranks 22nd 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.