Denmark vs Eastern Europe: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Denmark
- Eastern Europe
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 1.66 LSU/ha against 0.16 LSU/ha in Eastern Europe, a difference of 1.5 LSU/ha.
That makes Denmark's figure about 10.4 times Eastern Europe's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 30th and Eastern Europe ranks 27th of 194 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Eastern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.71 LSU/ha | 0.1989 LSU/ha | 1.51 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 1970s | 1.69 LSU/ha | 0.228 LSU/ha | 1.46 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 1980s | 1.71 LSU/ha | 0.252 LSU/ha | 1.46 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 1.77 LSU/ha | 0.268 LSU/ha | 1.5 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 1.86 LSU/ha | 0.183 LSU/ha | 1.68 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 2010s | 1.81 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 1.64 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 2020s | 1.78 LSU/ha | 0.1675 LSU/ha | 1.61 LSU/ha | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Denmark or Eastern Europe?
- Denmark, at 1.66 LSU/ha against 0.16 LSU/ha in Eastern Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Denmark and Eastern Europe?
- 1.5 LSU/ha, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Eastern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Denmark and Eastern Europe rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Denmark ranks 30th and Eastern Europe ranks 27th 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.