Germany vs Southern Europe: Cattle — Stocks
Cattle — Stocks over time
- Germany
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 14.45 million LSU against 9.75 million LSU in Germany, a difference of 4.70 million LSU.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.5 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Europe ahead.
Germany ranks 28th and Southern Europe ranks 30th of 206 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Southern Europe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.41 million LSU | 17.40 million LSU | 988,378 LSU | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 17.79 million LSU | 17.41 million LSU | 380,520 LSU | Germany |
| 1980s | 18.84 million LSU | 17.69 million LSU | 1.16 million LSU | Germany |
| 1990s | 15.01 million LSU | 16.18 million LSU | 1.17 million LSU | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 12.12 million LSU | 15.47 million LSU | 3.35 million LSU | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 11.17 million LSU | 14.76 million LSU | 3.58 million LSU | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 9.94 million LSU | 15.00 million LSU | 5.06 million LSU | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — stocks, Germany or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 14.45 million LSU against 9.75 million LSU in Germany as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Germany and Southern Europe?
- 4.70 million LSU, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Southern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Germany and Southern Europe rank globally for cattle — stocks?
- Germany ranks 28th and Southern Europe ranks 30th 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.
Individual pages
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.