Caribbean vs Polynesia: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Caribbean
- Polynesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 0.44 LSU/ha against 0.28 LSU/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 0.16 LSU/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.6 times Polynesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 6th and Polynesia ranks 9th of 31 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5633 LSU/ha | 0.1289 LSU/ha | 0.4344 LSU/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 0.496 LSU/ha | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.357 LSU/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 0.479 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 0.329 LSU/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 0.465 LSU/ha | 0.187 LSU/ha | 0.278 LSU/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 0.442 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.202 LSU/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 0.464 LSU/ha | 0.279 LSU/ha | 0.185 LSU/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 0.4475 LSU/ha | 0.2725 LSU/ha | 0.175 LSU/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Caribbean or Polynesia?
- Caribbean, at 0.44 LSU/ha against 0.28 LSU/ha in Polynesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Caribbean and Polynesia?
- 0.16 LSU/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Polynesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Caribbean and Polynesia rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Caribbean ranks 6th and Polynesia ranks 9th of 31 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — 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.