New Zealand vs Southern Europe: Cattle — Stocks

New Zealand
8.58 million LSU
in 2023
Southern Europe
14.45 million LSU
in 2023
New Zealand rank
28th
Southern Europe rank
27th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • New Zealand
  • Southern Europe
5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M15.0M17.5M196119922023

How they compare

Southern Europe currently reports 14.45 million LSU against 8.58 million LSU in New Zealand, a difference of 5.87 million LSU.

That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.7 times New Zealand's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.

New Zealand ranks 28th and Southern Europe ranks 27th of 190 countries.

Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Southern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 6.50 million LSU 17.40 million LSU 10.89 million LSU Southern Europe
1970s 7.84 million LSU 17.41 million LSU 9.56 million LSU Southern Europe
1980s 7.16 million LSU 17.69 million LSU 10.52 million LSU Southern Europe
1990s 7.81 million LSU 16.18 million LSU 8.38 million LSU Southern Europe
2000s 8.62 million LSU 15.47 million LSU 6.85 million LSU Southern Europe
2010s 9.11 million LSU 14.76 million LSU 5.65 million LSU Southern Europe
2020s 8.89 million LSU 15.00 million LSU 6.10 million LSU Southern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, New Zealand or Southern Europe?
Southern Europe, at 14.45 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 Europe?
5.87 million LSU, with Southern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Southern Europe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do New Zealand and Southern Europe rank globally for cattle — stocks?
New Zealand ranks 28th and Southern Europe ranks 27th 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.