South America vs Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- South America
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
How they compare
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) currently reports 0.67 LSU/ha against 0.63 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 0.04 LSU/ha.
That makes Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'s figure about 1.1 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
South America ranks 8th and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 7th of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, South America averaged higher in 1 and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3233 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | 0.0033 LSU/ha | South America |
| 1970s | 0.373 LSU/ha | 0.386 LSU/ha | 0.013 LSU/ha | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
| 1980s | 0.409 LSU/ha | 0.474 LSU/ha | 0.065 LSU/ha | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
| 1990s | 0.464 LSU/ha | 0.56 LSU/ha | 0.096 LSU/ha | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
| 2000s | 0.532 LSU/ha | 0.654 LSU/ha | 0.122 LSU/ha | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
| 2010s | 0.571 LSU/ha | 0.658 LSU/ha | 0.087 LSU/ha | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
| 2020s | 0.6125 LSU/ha | 0.665 LSU/ha | 0.0525 LSU/ha | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, South America or Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), at 0.67 LSU/ha against 0.63 LSU/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between South America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- 0.04 LSU/ha, with Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do South America and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- South America ranks 8th and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 7th of 31 groups.
- 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.
Individual pages
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.