France vs Western Europe: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- France
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 53.56 million LSU against 21.07 million LSU in France, a difference of 32.49 million LSU.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 2.5 times France's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
France ranks 21st and Western Europe ranks 21st of 195 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.42 million LSU | 63.06 million LSU | 38.63 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 26.79 million LSU | 70.79 million LSU | 44.01 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 27.16 million LSU | 76.01 million LSU | 48.85 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 25.52 million LSU | 68.35 million LSU | 42.83 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 25.15 million LSU | 62.77 million LSU | 37.62 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 24.07 million LSU | 60.60 million LSU | 36.53 million LSU | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 21.95 million LSU | 54.60 million LSU | 32.66 million LSU | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, France or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 53.56 million LSU against 21.07 million LSU in France as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between France and Western Europe?
- 32.49 million LSU, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Western Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do France and Western Europe rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- France ranks 21st and Western Europe ranks 21st 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
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.