Brazil vs World: Major livestock types — Stocks

Brazil
201.90 million LSU
in 2023
World
1.96 billion LSU
in 2023
Brazil rank
4th
World rank
1st

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • Brazil
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 1.96 billion LSU against 201.90 million LSU in Brazil, a difference of 1.76 billion LSU.

That makes World's figure about 9.7 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 211 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil World Difference Ahead
1960s 60.18 million LSU 1.11 billion LSU 1.05 billion LSU World
1970s 83.91 million LSU 1.30 billion LSU 1.22 billion LSU World
1980s 111.97 million LSU 1.44 billion LSU 1.33 billion LSU World
1990s 133.77 million LSU 1.55 billion LSU 1.42 billion LSU World
2000s 162.85 million LSU 1.66 billion LSU 1.50 billion LSU World
2010s 180.24 million LSU 1.81 billion LSU 1.63 billion LSU World
2020s 194.53 million LSU 1.94 billion LSU 1.74 billion LSU World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Brazil or World?
World, at 1.96 billion LSU against 201.90 million LSU in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Brazil and World?
1.76 billion LSU, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and World?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and World rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
Brazil ranks 4th and World ranks 1st 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

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.