New Zealand vs Southern Africa: Cattle — Stocks
Cattle — Stocks over time
- New Zealand
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 11.30 million LSU against 8.58 million LSU in New Zealand, a difference of 2.71 million LSU.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.3 times New Zealand's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 190 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.50 million LSU | 10.53 million LSU | 4.03 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 7.84 million LSU | 11.64 million LSU | 3.80 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 7.16 million LSU | 11.80 million LSU | 4.63 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 7.81 million LSU | 12.09 million LSU | 4.29 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 8.62 million LSU | 12.55 million LSU | 3.93 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 9.11 million LSU | 12.23 million LSU | 3.12 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 8.89 million LSU | 11.02 million LSU | 2.13 million LSU | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — stocks, New Zealand or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 11.30 million LSU against 8.58 million LSU in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — stocks between New Zealand and Southern Africa?
- 2.71 million LSU, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Southern Africa rank globally for cattle — stocks?
- New Zealand ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 28th 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
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.