Botswana vs Saudi Arabia: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Botswana
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.04 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Botswana, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 193rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 191st of 194 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 6 and Saudi Arabia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.0078 LSU/ha | 0.0222 LSU/ha | Botswana |
| 1970s | 0.052 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.042 LSU/ha | Botswana |
| 1980s | 0.058 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.038 LSU/ha | Botswana |
| 1990s | 0.058 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.038 LSU/ha | Botswana |
| 2000s | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.035 LSU/ha | Botswana |
| 2010s | 0.045 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.025 LSU/ha | Botswana |
| 2020s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.035 LSU/ha | 0.005 LSU/ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Botswana or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 0.04 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Botswana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Botswana and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Saudi Arabia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Saudi Arabia rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Botswana ranks 193rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 191st 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.