Polynesia vs Southern Europe: Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Polynesia
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 0.28 LSU/ha against 0.26 LSU/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.1 times Southern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Europe ahead.
Polynesia ranks 9th and Southern Europe ranks 12th of 20 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Polynesia averaged higher in 3 and Southern Europe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1289 LSU/ha | 0.2133 LSU/ha | 0.0844 LSU/ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.224 LSU/ha | 0.085 LSU/ha | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.232 LSU/ha | 0.082 LSU/ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 0.187 LSU/ha | 0.225 LSU/ha | 0.038 LSU/ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.234 LSU/ha | 0.006 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 0.279 LSU/ha | 0.247 LSU/ha | 0.032 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 0.2725 LSU/ha | 0.2625 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Polynesia or Southern Europe?
- Polynesia, at 0.28 LSU/ha against 0.26 LSU/ha in Southern Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Polynesia and Southern Europe?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Southern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Polynesia and Southern Europe rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Polynesia ranks 9th and Southern Europe ranks 12th 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.