Italy vs Spain: Cattle — Stocks
Cattle — Stocks over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 5.67 million LSU against 5.40 million LSU in Italy, a difference of 266,080 LSU.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 42nd and Spain ranks 41st of 206 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.47 million LSU | 3.41 million LSU | 5.07 million LSU | Italy |
| 1970s | 7.79 million LSU | 3.99 million LSU | 3.80 million LSU | Italy |
| 1980s | 7.85 million LSU | 4.43 million LSU | 3.43 million LSU | Italy |
| 1990s | 6.83 million LSU | 4.85 million LSU | 1.97 million LSU | Italy |
| 2000s | 5.77 million LSU | 5.73 million LSU | 41,002 LSU | Italy |
| 2010s | 5.40 million LSU | 5.54 million LSU | 146,214 LSU | Spain |
| 2020s | 5.56 million LSU | 5.84 million LSU | 277,692 LSU | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — stocks, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 5.67 million LSU against 5.40 million LSU in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Italy and Spain?
- 266,080 LSU, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for cattle — stocks?
- Italy ranks 42nd and Spain ranks 41st 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.