Brazil vs China, mainland: Swine / pigs — Stocks

Brazil
10.75 million LSU
in 2023
China, mainland
108.56 million LSU
in 2023
Brazil rank
5th
China, mainland rank
2nd

Swine / pigs — Stocks over time

  • Brazil
  • China, mainland
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How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 108.56 million LSU against 10.75 million LSU in Brazil, a difference of 97.81 million LSU.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 10.1 times Brazil's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 188 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 6.93 million LSU 35.31 million LSU 28.37 million LSU China, mainland
1970s 8.40 million LSU 64.32 million LSU 55.92 million LSU China, mainland
1980s 8.15 million LSU 78.92 million LSU 70.76 million LSU China, mainland
1990s 8.19 million LSU 97.43 million LSU 89.24 million LSU China, mainland
2000s 8.54 million LSU 107.09 million LSU 98.55 million LSU China, mainland
2010s 9.87 million LSU 112.16 million LSU 102.29 million LSU China, mainland
2020s 10.70 million LSU 108.91 million LSU 98.21 million LSU China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — stocks, Brazil or China, mainland?
China, mainland, at 108.56 million LSU against 10.75 million LSU in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — stocks between Brazil and China, mainland?
97.81 million LSU, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China, mainland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and China, mainland rank globally for swine / pigs — stocks?
Brazil ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Swine / pigs — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Swine / pigs — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,804 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.