Melanesia vs Nicaragua: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Melanesia
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.76 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.65 LSU/ha.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 6.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 16th and Nicaragua ranks 18th of 20 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1644 LSU/ha | 0.37 LSU/ha | 0.2056 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.222 LSU/ha | 0.475 LSU/ha | 0.253 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.412 LSU/ha | 0.192 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.458 LSU/ha | 0.237 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.471 LSU/ha | 0.271 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.147 LSU/ha | 0.648 LSU/ha | 0.501 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.1025 LSU/ha | 0.7425 LSU/ha | 0.64 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Melanesia or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.76 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Melanesia and Nicaragua?
- 0.65 LSU/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Nicaragua rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Melanesia ranks 16th and Nicaragua ranks 18th of 20 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.