Eastern Africa vs Malta: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Eastern Africa
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 1.03 LSU/ha against 0.29 LSU/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 0.74 LSU/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 3.6 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Malta ranks 8th of 31 groups.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1322 LSU/ha | 0.3289 LSU/ha | 0.1967 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1970s | 0.145 LSU/ha | 0.505 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 0.156 LSU/ha | 0.704 LSU/ha | 0.548 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1990s | 0.166 LSU/ha | 1.09 LSU/ha | 0.927 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.188 LSU/ha | 1.18 LSU/ha | 0.991 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.241 LSU/ha | 0.858 LSU/ha | 0.617 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.2775 LSU/ha | 0.975 LSU/ha | 0.6975 LSU/ha | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Eastern Africa or Malta?
- Malta, at 1.03 LSU/ha against 0.29 LSU/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Eastern Africa and Malta?
- 0.74 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Malta?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Eastern Africa and Malta rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Malta ranks 8th of 31 groups.
- 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.