Denmark vs South America: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Denmark
- South America
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 1.08 LSU/ha against 0.04 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 1.04 LSU/ha.
That makes Denmark's figure about 27.0 times South America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 10th and South America ranks 13th of 172 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6422 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.6222 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 1970s | 0.71 LSU/ha | 0.023 LSU/ha | 0.687 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 1980s | 0.816 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.796 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 0.996 LSU/ha | 0.022 LSU/ha | 0.974 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 1.21 LSU/ha | 0.024 LSU/ha | 1.19 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 2010s | 1.19 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 1.16 LSU/ha | Denmark |
| 2020s | 1.18 LSU/ha | 0.0325 LSU/ha | 1.15 LSU/ha | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area, Denmark or South America?
- Denmark, at 1.08 LSU/ha against 0.04 LSU/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area between Denmark and South America?
- 1.04 LSU/ha, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and South America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Denmark and South America rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Denmark ranks 10th and South America ranks 13th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Swine / pigs — 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.