Equatorial Guinea vs South Africa: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area

Equatorial Guinea
0.13 LSU/ha
in 2023
South Africa
0.14 LSU/ha
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
173rd
South Africa rank
171st

Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • South Africa
0.050.0750.10.1250.15196119922023

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.14 LSU/ha against 0.13 LSU/ha in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 173rd and South Africa ranks 171st of 194 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0444 LSU/ha 0.1367 LSU/ha 0.0922 LSU/ha South Africa
1970s 0.061 LSU/ha 0.139 LSU/ha 0.078 LSU/ha South Africa
1980s 0.083 LSU/ha 0.143 LSU/ha 0.06 LSU/ha South Africa
1990s 0.102 LSU/ha 0.148 LSU/ha 0.046 LSU/ha South Africa
2000s 0.112 LSU/ha 0.152 LSU/ha 0.04 LSU/ha South Africa
2010s 0.12 LSU/ha 0.154 LSU/ha 0.034 LSU/ha South Africa
2020s 0.1275 LSU/ha 0.14 LSU/ha 0.0125 LSU/ha South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Equatorial Guinea or South Africa?
South Africa, at 0.14 LSU/ha against 0.13 LSU/ha in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Equatorial Guinea and South Africa?
0.01 LSU/ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and South Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and South Africa rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 173rd and South Africa ranks 171st 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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Indicator
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
245 places, 14,075 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.