Melanesia vs Norway: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Melanesia
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.8 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.69 LSU/ha.
That makes Norway's figure about 7.3 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 16th and Norway ranks 14th of 20 groups.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1644 LSU/ha | 0.9511 LSU/ha | 0.7867 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.222 LSU/ha | 0.929 LSU/ha | 0.707 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.916 LSU/ha | 0.696 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.862 LSU/ha | 0.641 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.812 LSU/ha | 0.612 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.147 LSU/ha | 0.788 LSU/ha | 0.641 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.1025 LSU/ha | 0.8125 LSU/ha | 0.71 LSU/ha | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Melanesia or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.8 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 Norway?
- 0.69 LSU/ha, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Norway?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Norway rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Melanesia ranks 16th and Norway ranks 14th of 20 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.