Lesotho vs Melanesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time
- Lesotho
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 240,266 LSU against 202,176 LSU in Lesotho, a difference of 38,090 LSU.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 141st and Melanesia ranks 138th of 206 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 188,765 LSU | 198,932 LSU | 10,167 LSU | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 247,925 LSU | 311,943 LSU | 64,018 LSU | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 284,772 LSU | 360,771 LSU | 75,999 LSU | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 298,616 LSU | 411,044 LSU | 112,428 LSU | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 339,178 LSU | 401,752 LSU | 62,574 LSU | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 263,867 LSU | 305,723 LSU | 41,856 LSU | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 202,176 LSU | 228,778 LSU | 26,602 LSU | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, Lesotho or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 240,266 LSU against 202,176 LSU in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between Lesotho and Melanesia?
- 38,090 LSU, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Melanesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Melanesia rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Lesotho ranks 141st and Melanesia ranks 138th of 206 countries.
- 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.