Melanesia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Cattle — Share in total livestock
Cattle — Share in total livestock over time
- Melanesia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 56.46 %LSU against 26.51 %LSU in Melanesia, a difference of 29.95 %LSU.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 2.1 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 15th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 20 countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.52 %LSU | 65.98 %LSU | 17.46 %LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1970s | 54.82 %LSU | 65.47 %LSU | 10.65 %LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1980s | 51.82 %LSU | 63.43 %LSU | 11.61 %LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1990s | 47.98 %LSU | 61.89 %LSU | 13.91 %LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2000s | 41.08 %LSU | 59.78 %LSU | 18.7 %LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2010s | 31.86 %LSU | 58.38 %LSU | 26.52 %LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2020s | 25.8 %LSU | 56.7 %LSU | 30.9 %LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Melanesia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Sub-Saharan Africa, at 56.46 %LSU against 26.51 %LSU in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Melanesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 29.95 %LSU, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Melanesia ranks 15th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Share in total livestock. 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.