Malta vs Southern Asia: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malta
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Malta currently reports 1.03 LSU/ha against 0.47 LSU/ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 0.56 LSU/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 2.2 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Asia ahead.
Malta ranks 8th and Southern Asia ranks 5th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 6 and Southern Asia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3289 LSU/ha | 0.3567 LSU/ha | 0.0278 LSU/ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 0.505 LSU/ha | 0.366 LSU/ha | 0.139 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 0.704 LSU/ha | 0.383 LSU/ha | 0.321 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1990s | 1.09 LSU/ha | 0.397 LSU/ha | 0.696 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 1.18 LSU/ha | 0.408 LSU/ha | 0.771 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.858 LSU/ha | 0.442 LSU/ha | 0.416 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.975 LSU/ha | 0.465 LSU/ha | 0.51 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, Malta or Southern Asia?
- Malta, at 1.03 LSU/ha against 0.47 LSU/ha in Southern Asia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malta and Southern Asia?
- 0.56 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Southern Asia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Southern Asia rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malta ranks 8th and Southern Asia ranks 5th of 190 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.