Eastern Asia vs Melanesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time
- Eastern Asia
- Melanesia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 80.10 million LSU against 240,266 LSU in Melanesia, a difference of 79.86 million LSU.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 333.4 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 16th of 31 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.67 million LSU | 198,932 LSU | 47.47 million LSU | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 54.81 million LSU | 311,943 LSU | 54.49 million LSU | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 62.23 million LSU | 360,771 LSU | 61.87 million LSU | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 83.98 million LSU | 411,044 LSU | 83.57 million LSU | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 82.36 million LSU | 401,752 LSU | 81.96 million LSU | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 69.32 million LSU | 305,723 LSU | 69.01 million LSU | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 76.67 million LSU | 228,778 LSU | 76.44 million LSU | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, Eastern Asia or Melanesia?
- Eastern Asia, at 80.10 million LSU against 240,266 LSU in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between Eastern Asia and Melanesia?
- 79.86 million LSU, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Melanesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Eastern Asia and Melanesia rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Eastern Asia ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 16th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. 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.