Canada vs Western Asia: Major livestock types — Stocks

Canada
16.94 million LSU
in 2023
Western Asia
49.37 million LSU
in 2023
Canada rank
25th
Western Asia rank
17th

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • Canada
  • Western Asia
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196119922023

How they compare

Western Asia currently reports 49.37 million LSU against 16.94 million LSU in Canada, a difference of 32.43 million LSU.

That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.9 times Canada's.

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

Canada ranks 25th and Western Asia ranks 17th of 192 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Western Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 14.01 million LSU 25.39 million LSU 11.37 million LSU Western Asia
1970s 15.83 million LSU 26.60 million LSU 10.77 million LSU Western Asia
1980s 15.43 million LSU 29.41 million LSU 13.99 million LSU Western Asia
1990s 16.91 million LSU 30.57 million LSU 13.66 million LSU Western Asia
2000s 19.46 million LSU 33.63 million LSU 14.16 million LSU Western Asia
2010s 17.38 million LSU 40.79 million LSU 23.40 million LSU Western Asia
2020s 17.14 million LSU 49.93 million LSU 32.79 million LSU Western Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Canada or Western Asia?
Western Asia, at 49.37 million LSU against 16.94 million LSU in Canada as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Canada and Western Asia?
32.43 million LSU, with Western Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Western Asia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Canada and Western Asia rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
Canada ranks 25th and Western Asia ranks 17th of 192 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.