Polynesia vs Switzerland: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Polynesia
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.92 LSU/ha against 0.28 LSU/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 0.64 LSU/ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 3.3 times Polynesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Polynesia ranks 9th and Switzerland ranks 10th of 20 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1289 LSU/ha | 0.9422 LSU/ha | 0.8133 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 0.139 LSU/ha | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.925 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.15 LSU/ha | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.906 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.187 LSU/ha | 0.988 LSU/ha | 0.801 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.24 LSU/ha | 0.916 LSU/ha | 0.676 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.279 LSU/ha | 0.921 LSU/ha | 0.642 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.2725 LSU/ha | 0.915 LSU/ha | 0.6425 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Polynesia or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.92 LSU/ha against 0.28 LSU/ha in Polynesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Polynesia and Switzerland?
- 0.64 LSU/ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Switzerland?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Polynesia and Switzerland rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Polynesia ranks 9th and Switzerland ranks 10th 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.