Italy vs Southern Europe: Horses — Stocks

Italy
238,915 LSU
in 2017
Southern Europe
38,176 LSU
in 2023
Italy rank
31st
Southern Europe rank
27th

Horses — Stocks over time

  • Italy
  • Southern Europe
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 238,915 LSU against 38,176 LSU in Southern Europe, a difference of 200,739 LSU.

That makes Italy's figure about 6.3 times Southern Europe's.

Across all 57 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 31st and Southern Europe ranks 27th of 163 countries.

Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Southern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 226,585 LSU 1.47 million LSU 1.25 million LSU Southern Europe
1970s 170,680 LSU 1.10 million LSU 932,966 LSU Southern Europe
1980s 167,781 LSU 736,820 LSU 569,039 LSU Southern Europe
1990s 197,360 LSU 609,947 LSU 412,587 LSU Southern Europe
2000s 182,505 LSU 524,511 LSU 342,006 LSU Southern Europe
2010s 249,277 LSU 582,483 LSU 333,206 LSU Southern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher horses — stocks, Italy or Southern Europe?
Italy, at 238,915 LSU against 38,176 LSU in Southern Europe as of 2017.
What is the difference in horses — stocks between Italy and Southern Europe?
200,739 LSU, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Southern Europe?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Italy and Southern Europe rank globally for horses — stocks?
Italy ranks 31st and Southern Europe ranks 27th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Horses — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Horses — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
211 places, 11,867 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.