Eastern Africa vs Micronesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Eastern Africa
- Micronesia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 0.29 LSU/ha against 0.16 LSU/ha in Micronesia, a difference of 0.13 LSU/ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.8 times Micronesia's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th and Micronesia ranks 14th of 31 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Micronesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1656 LSU/ha | 0.1078 LSU/ha | 0.0578 LSU/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 0.188 LSU/ha | 0.114 LSU/ha | 0.074 LSU/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 0.241 LSU/ha | 0.143 LSU/ha | 0.098 LSU/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 0.2775 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.1175 LSU/ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Eastern Africa or Micronesia?
- Eastern Africa, at 0.29 LSU/ha against 0.16 LSU/ha in Micronesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Eastern Africa and Micronesia?
- 0.13 LSU/ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Micronesia?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
- How do Eastern Africa and Micronesia rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th and Micronesia ranks 14th of 31 groups.
- 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.