Cabo Verde vs Melanesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Cabo Verde
- Melanesia
How they compare
Cabo Verde currently reports 0.19 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.08 LSU/ha.
That makes Cabo Verde's figure about 1.7 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Cabo Verde ranks 18th and Melanesia ranks 16th of 31 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cabo Verde averaged higher in 2 and Melanesia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cabo Verde | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1011 LSU/ha | 0.1644 LSU/ha | 0.0633 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 0.086 LSU/ha | 0.222 LSU/ha | 0.136 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 0.094 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.126 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.082 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 0.159 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.041 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 0.156 LSU/ha | 0.147 LSU/ha | 0.009 LSU/ha | Cabo Verde |
| 2020s | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.1025 LSU/ha | 0.0875 LSU/ha | Cabo Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Cabo Verde or Melanesia?
- Cabo Verde, at 0.19 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Cabo Verde and Melanesia?
- 0.08 LSU/ha, with Cabo Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cabo Verde and Melanesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cabo Verde and Melanesia rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Cabo Verde ranks 18th and Melanesia ranks 16th of 31 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — 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.