Melanesia vs United States of America: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Melanesia
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 0.21 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.1 LSU/ha.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 16th and United States of America ranks 14th of 20 countries.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1644 LSU/ha | 0.2433 LSU/ha | 0.0789 LSU/ha | United States of America |
| 1970s | 0.222 LSU/ha | 0.28 LSU/ha | 0.058 LSU/ha | United States of America |
| 1980s | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.252 LSU/ha | 0.032 LSU/ha | United States of America |
| 1990s | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.237 LSU/ha | 0.016 LSU/ha | United States of America |
| 2000s | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.031 LSU/ha | United States of America |
| 2010s | 0.147 LSU/ha | 0.217 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | United States of America |
| 2020s | 0.1025 LSU/ha | 0.2175 LSU/ha | 0.115 LSU/ha | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Melanesia or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 0.21 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 United States of America?
- 0.1 LSU/ha, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and United States of America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and United States of America rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Melanesia ranks 16th and United States of America ranks 14th 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.