Canada vs Northern Europe: Major livestock types — Stocks

Canada
16.94 million LSU
in 2023
Northern Europe
31.70 million LSU
in 2023
Canada rank
25th
Northern Europe rank
26th

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • Canada
  • Northern Europe
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922023

How they compare

Northern Europe currently reports 31.70 million LSU against 16.94 million LSU in Canada, a difference of 14.76 million LSU.

That makes Northern Europe's figure about 1.9 times Canada's.

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

Canada ranks 25th and Northern Europe ranks 26th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Northern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 14.01 million LSU 33.57 million LSU 19.56 million LSU Northern Europe
1970s 15.83 million LSU 35.52 million LSU 19.68 million LSU Northern Europe
1980s 15.43 million LSU 34.34 million LSU 18.91 million LSU Northern Europe
1990s 16.91 million LSU 37.37 million LSU 20.46 million LSU Northern Europe
2000s 19.46 million LSU 35.25 million LSU 15.78 million LSU Northern Europe
2010s 17.38 million LSU 33.76 million LSU 16.38 million LSU Northern Europe
2020s 17.14 million LSU 32.46 million LSU 15.32 million LSU Northern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Canada or Northern Europe?
Northern Europe, at 31.70 million LSU against 16.94 million LSU in Canada as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Canada and Northern Europe?
14.76 million LSU, with Northern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Northern Europe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Canada and Northern Europe rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
Canada ranks 25th and Northern Europe ranks 26th 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.