Germany vs Northern Europe: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Germany
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Northern Europe currently reports 31.70 million LSU against 17.12 million LSU in Germany, a difference of 14.58 million LSU.
That makes Northern Europe's figure about 1.9 times Germany's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Northern Europe has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 24th 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 | Germany | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.99 million LSU | 33.57 million LSU | 8.58 million LSU | Northern Europe |
| 1970s | 27.57 million LSU | 35.52 million LSU | 7.95 million LSU | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 29.76 million LSU | 34.34 million LSU | 4.57 million LSU | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 23.43 million LSU | 37.37 million LSU | 13.95 million LSU | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 20.43 million LSU | 35.25 million LSU | 14.82 million LSU | Northern Europe |
| 2010s | 19.51 million LSU | 33.76 million LSU | 14.25 million LSU | Northern Europe |
| 2020s | 16.83 million LSU | 32.46 million LSU | 15.63 million LSU | Northern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Germany or Northern Europe?
- Northern Europe, at 31.70 million LSU against 17.12 million LSU in Germany as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Germany and Northern Europe?
- 14.58 million LSU, with Northern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Northern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Germany and Northern Europe rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Germany ranks 24th 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
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.