China, mainland vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Major livestock types — Stocks

China, mainland
266.63 million LSU
in 2023
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
499.78 million LSU
in 2023
China, mainland rank
3rd
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
3rd

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • China, mainland
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M500.0M196119922023

How they compare

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 499.78 million LSU against 266.63 million LSU in China, mainland, a difference of 233.14 million LSU.

That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 1.9 times China, mainland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.

China, mainland ranks 3rd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd of 192 countries.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 106.14 million LSU 168.38 million LSU 62.25 million LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1970s 148.28 million LSU 194.54 million LSU 46.27 million LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1980s 178.76 million LSU 219.29 million LSU 40.53 million LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1990s 239.61 million LSU 256.27 million LSU 16.66 million LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2000s 264.41 million LSU 320.19 million LSU 55.78 million LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2010s 256.94 million LSU 418.02 million LSU 161.08 million LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2020s 263.39 million LSU 485.78 million LSU 222.38 million LSU Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, China, mainland or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 499.78 million LSU against 266.63 million LSU in China, mainland as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
233.14 million LSU, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
China, mainland ranks 3rd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd 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.