Saint Lucia vs Western Africa: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Saint Lucia
- Western Africa
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 0.64 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 0.5 LSU/ha.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 4.6 times Western Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Saint Lucia has been ahead every year.
Saint Lucia ranks 22nd and Western Africa ranks 23rd of 190 countries.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Lucia | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.35 LSU/ha | 0.0567 LSU/ha | 0.2933 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1970s | 0.26 LSU/ha | 0.064 LSU/ha | 0.196 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 0.333 LSU/ha | 0.073 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 0.412 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.332 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 0.558 LSU/ha | 0.097 LSU/ha | 0.461 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 0.654 LSU/ha | 0.124 LSU/ha | 0.53 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 0.64 LSU/ha | 0.1375 LSU/ha | 0.5025 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Saint Lucia or Western Africa?
- Saint Lucia, at 0.64 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Saint Lucia and Western Africa?
- 0.5 LSU/ha, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Saint Lucia and Western Africa rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Saint Lucia ranks 22nd and Western Africa ranks 23rd 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.