Brazil vs China: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Brazil
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 269.15 million LSU against 201.90 million LSU in Brazil, a difference of 67.25 million LSU.
That makes China's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 4th and China ranks 2nd of 211 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60.18 million LSU | 107.37 million LSU | 47.18 million LSU | China |
| 1970s | 83.91 million LSU | 149.73 million LSU | 65.82 million LSU | China |
| 1980s | 111.97 million LSU | 181.14 million LSU | 69.17 million LSU | China |
| 1990s | 133.77 million LSU | 243.11 million LSU | 109.34 million LSU | China |
| 2000s | 162.85 million LSU | 267.45 million LSU | 104.60 million LSU | China |
| 2010s | 180.24 million LSU | 259.52 million LSU | 79.28 million LSU | China |
| 2020s | 194.53 million LSU | 265.95 million LSU | 71.42 million LSU | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Brazil or China?
- China, at 269.15 million LSU against 201.90 million LSU in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Brazil and China?
- 67.25 million LSU, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and China rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Brazil ranks 4th and China ranks 2nd of 211 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
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.