Iceland vs Mauritania: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Iceland
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.1 LSU/ha against 0.09 LSU/ha in Iceland, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 184th and Mauritania ranks 182nd of 194 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 5 and Mauritania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0711 LSU/ha | 0.0589 LSU/ha | 0.0122 LSU/ha | Iceland |
| 1970s | 0.088 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.038 LSU/ha | Iceland |
| 1980s | 0.092 LSU/ha | 0.051 LSU/ha | 0.041 LSU/ha | Iceland |
| 1990s | 0.093 LSU/ha | 0.064 LSU/ha | 0.029 LSU/ha | Iceland |
| 2000s | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.083 LSU/ha | 0.007 LSU/ha | Iceland |
| 2010s | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.096 LSU/ha | 0.006 LSU/ha | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.085 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.015 LSU/ha | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Iceland or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.1 LSU/ha against 0.09 LSU/ha in Iceland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Iceland and Mauritania?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Mauritania?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Iceland and Mauritania rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Iceland ranks 184th and Mauritania ranks 182nd 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.