Madagascar vs Polynesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock over time
- Madagascar
- Polynesia
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 75.59 %LSU against 31.44 %LSU in Polynesia, a difference of 44.15 %LSU.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 2.4 times Polynesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 17th and Polynesia ranks 15th of 190 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.16 %LSU | 32.86 %LSU | 60.31 %LSU | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 91 %LSU | 29.8 %LSU | 61.2 %LSU | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 89.56 %LSU | 22.47 %LSU | 67.09 %LSU | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 88.79 %LSU | 21.47 %LSU | 67.32 %LSU | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 87.92 %LSU | 23.33 %LSU | 64.59 %LSU | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 84.61 %LSU | 29.96 %LSU | 54.66 %LSU | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 75.78 %LSU | 31.12 %LSU | 44.66 %LSU | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock, Madagascar or Polynesia?
- Madagascar, at 75.59 %LSU against 31.44 %LSU in Polynesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock between Madagascar and Polynesia?
- 44.15 %LSU, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Polynesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Madagascar and Polynesia rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Madagascar ranks 17th and Polynesia ranks 15th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock. 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.