Melanesia vs Polynesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time
- Melanesia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 240,266 LSU against 36,675 LSU in Polynesia, a difference of 203,591 LSU.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 6.6 times Polynesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 16th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 20 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 198,932 LSU | 19,446 LSU | 179,486 LSU | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 311,943 LSU | 22,329 LSU | 289,614 LSU | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 360,771 LSU | 24,759 LSU | 336,012 LSU | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 411,044 LSU | 25,945 LSU | 385,098 LSU | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 401,752 LSU | 29,814 LSU | 371,937 LSU | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 305,723 LSU | 39,623 LSU | 266,100 LSU | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 228,778 LSU | 36,279 LSU | 192,499 LSU | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, Melanesia or Polynesia?
- Melanesia, at 240,266 LSU against 36,675 LSU in Polynesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 203,591 LSU, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Polynesia rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 16th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 20 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.