Réunion vs South America: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Réunion
- South America
How they compare
Réunion currently reports 3.76 LSU/ha against 0.63 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 3.13 LSU/ha.
That makes Réunion's figure about 6.0 times South America's.
Across all 46 years both countries report, Réunion has been ahead every year.
Réunion ranks 11th and South America ranks 8th of 194 countries.
Réunion has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Réunion | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8056 LSU/ha | 0.3233 LSU/ha | 0.4822 LSU/ha | Réunion |
| 1970s | 0.931 LSU/ha | 0.373 LSU/ha | 0.558 LSU/ha | Réunion |
| 1980s | 1.09 LSU/ha | 0.409 LSU/ha | 0.677 LSU/ha | Réunion |
| 1990s | 2.38 LSU/ha | 0.464 LSU/ha | 1.92 LSU/ha | Réunion |
| 2000s | 3.43 LSU/ha | 0.5214 LSU/ha | 2.91 LSU/ha | Réunion |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Réunion or South America?
- Réunion, at 3.76 LSU/ha against 0.63 LSU/ha in South America as of 2006.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Réunion and South America?
- 3.13 LSU/ha, with Réunion ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Réunion and South America?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2006.
- How do Réunion and South America rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Réunion ranks 11th and South America ranks 8th 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.