Germany vs South America: Swine / pigs — Stocks

Germany
5.31 million LSU
in 2023
South America
18.64 million LSU
in 2023
Germany rank
8th
South America rank
5th

Swine / pigs — Stocks over time

  • Germany
  • South America
5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922023

How they compare

South America currently reports 18.64 million LSU against 5.31 million LSU in Germany, a difference of 13.33 million LSU.

That makes South America's figure about 3.5 times Germany's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 8th and South America ranks 5th of 169 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany South America Difference Ahead
1960s 6.61 million LSU 10.20 million LSU 3.59 million LSU South America
1970s 7.83 million LSU 12.37 million LSU 4.54 million LSU South America
1980s 8.97 million LSU 12.79 million LSU 3.82 million LSU South America
1990s 6.69 million LSU 12.89 million LSU 6.21 million LSU South America
2000s 6.59 million LSU 13.17 million LSU 6.58 million LSU South America
2010s 6.81 million LSU 16.18 million LSU 9.37 million LSU South America
2020s 5.78 million LSU 18.07 million LSU 12.29 million LSU South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — stocks, Germany or South America?
South America, at 18.64 million LSU against 5.31 million LSU in Germany as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — stocks between Germany and South America?
13.33 million LSU, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Germany and South America rank globally for swine / pigs — stocks?
Germany ranks 8th and South America ranks 5th of 169 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.