Italy vs Japan: Major livestock types — Stocks

Italy
8.73 million LSU
in 2023
Japan
9.03 million LSU
in 2023
Italy rank
49th
Japan rank
47th

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • Italy
  • Japan
05.0M10.0M15.0M196119922023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 9.03 million LSU against 8.73 million LSU in Italy, a difference of 296,500 LSU.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 49th and Japan ranks 47th of 211 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 12.38 million LSU 5.70 million LSU 6.68 million LSU Italy
1970s 12.55 million LSU 7.86 million LSU 4.69 million LSU Italy
1980s 12.94 million LSU 10.03 million LSU 2.91 million LSU Italy
1990s 11.73 million LSU 10.21 million LSU 1.52 million LSU Italy
2000s 10.34 million LSU 9.32 million LSU 1.02 million LSU Italy
2010s 9.99 million LSU 8.82 million LSU 1.17 million LSU Italy
2020s 9.16 million LSU 9.06 million LSU 99,480 LSU Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Italy or Japan?
Japan, at 9.03 million LSU against 8.73 million LSU in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Italy and Japan?
296,500 LSU, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Japan?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Italy and Japan rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
Italy ranks 49th and Japan ranks 47th of 211 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.