Eastern Asia vs New Zealand: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Eastern Asia
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.25 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 0.19 LSU/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 4.2 times Eastern Asia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 13th and New Zealand ranks 16th of 31 groups.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.4133 LSU/ha | 0.3833 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.427 LSU/ha | 0.397 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.033 LSU/ha | 0.467 LSU/ha | 0.434 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.041 LSU/ha | 0.379 LSU/ha | 0.338 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.328 LSU/ha | 0.278 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.215 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.255 LSU/ha | 0.195 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Eastern Asia or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 0.25 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Eastern Asia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Eastern Asia and New Zealand?
- 0.19 LSU/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and New Zealand?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Eastern Asia and New Zealand rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 13th and New Zealand ranks 16th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.