Melanesia vs Northern America: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Melanesia
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 0.21 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.1 LSU/ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 16th and Northern America ranks 16th of 20 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1644 LSU/ha | 0.2333 LSU/ha | 0.0689 LSU/ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 0.222 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.048 LSU/ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.245 LSU/ha | 0.025 LSU/ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.232 LSU/ha | 0.011 LSU/ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.031 LSU/ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 0.147 LSU/ha | 0.215 LSU/ha | 0.068 LSU/ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 0.1025 LSU/ha | 0.2175 LSU/ha | 0.115 LSU/ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Melanesia or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 0.21 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 Melanesia and Northern America?
- 0.1 LSU/ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Northern America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Northern America rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Melanesia ranks 16th and Northern America ranks 16th of 20 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.