Malta vs Southern Europe: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malta
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Malta currently reports 1.03 LSU/ha against 0.26 LSU/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 0.77 LSU/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 4.0 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 8th and Southern Europe ranks 11th of 190 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3289 LSU/ha | 0.2122 LSU/ha | 0.1167 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1970s | 0.505 LSU/ha | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.284 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 0.704 LSU/ha | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.473 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1990s | 1.09 LSU/ha | 0.223 LSU/ha | 0.87 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 1.18 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.949 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.858 LSU/ha | 0.242 LSU/ha | 0.616 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.975 LSU/ha | 0.2575 LSU/ha | 0.7175 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 Europe?
- Malta, at 1.03 LSU/ha against 0.26 LSU/ha in Southern Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malta and Southern Europe?
- 0.77 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Southern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Southern Europe rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malta ranks 8th and Southern Europe ranks 11th 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.