India vs Southern Asia: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- India
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 327.04 million LSU against 186.81 million LSU in India, a difference of 140.23 million LSU.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 1.8 times India's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.
India ranks 5th and Southern Asia ranks 8th of 195 countries.
Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128.27 million LSU | 176.74 million LSU | 48.47 million LSU | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 135.22 million LSU | 191.07 million LSU | 55.85 million LSU | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 154.56 million LSU | 215.78 million LSU | 61.22 million LSU | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 167.87 million LSU | 242.47 million LSU | 74.60 million LSU | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 174.52 million LSU | 264.34 million LSU | 89.82 million LSU | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 181.17 million LSU | 295.83 million LSU | 114.67 million LSU | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 185.98 million LSU | 322.56 million LSU | 136.58 million LSU | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, India or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 327.04 million LSU against 186.81 million LSU in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between India and Southern Asia?
- 140.23 million LSU, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Southern Asia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Southern Asia rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- India ranks 5th and Southern Asia ranks 8th 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.