Australia and New Zealand vs Southern Asia: Major livestock types — Stocks

Australia and New Zealand
47.76 million LSU
in 2023
Southern Asia
327.04 million LSU
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand rank
10th
Southern Asia rank
8th

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Southern Asia
0100.0M200.0M300.0M196119922023

How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 327.04 million LSU against 47.76 million LSU in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 279.28 million LSU.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 6.8 times Australia and New Zealand's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th and Southern Asia ranks 8th of 195 countries.

Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Southern Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 46.31 million LSU 176.74 million LSU 130.43 million LSU Southern Asia
1970s 56.28 million LSU 191.07 million LSU 134.79 million LSU Southern Asia
1980s 51.03 million LSU 215.78 million LSU 164.76 million LSU Southern Asia
1990s 51.05 million LSU 242.47 million LSU 191.42 million LSU Southern Asia
2000s 49.30 million LSU 264.34 million LSU 215.04 million LSU Southern Asia
2010s 46.00 million LSU 295.83 million LSU 249.83 million LSU Southern Asia
2020s 43.89 million LSU 322.56 million LSU 278.67 million LSU Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Australia and New Zealand or Southern Asia?
Southern Asia, at 327.04 million LSU against 47.76 million LSU in Australia and New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Australia and New Zealand and Southern Asia?
279.28 million LSU, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Southern Asia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Southern Asia rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th and Southern Asia ranks 8th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Major livestock types — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
246 places, 14,138 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.