Australia vs Libya: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Australia
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 0.11 LSU/ha against 0.1 LSU/ha in Australia, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 182nd and Libya ranks 180th of 194 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Libya in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.084 LSU/ha | 0.053 LSU/ha | 0.031 LSU/ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.078 LSU/ha | 0.066 LSU/ha | 0.012 LSU/ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.081 LSU/ha | 0.069 LSU/ha | 0.012 LSU/ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.086 LSU/ha | 0.075 LSU/ha | 0.011 LSU/ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.092 LSU/ha | 0.102 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Libya |
| 2020s | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.1075 LSU/ha | 0.0175 LSU/ha | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Australia or Libya?
- Libya, at 0.11 LSU/ha against 0.1 LSU/ha in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Australia and Libya?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Libya?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Libya rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Australia ranks 182nd and Libya ranks 180th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.