Africa vs Malawi: Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Africa
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.21 LSU/ha against 0.04 LSU/ha in Africa, a difference of 0.17 LSU/ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 5.2 times Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 8th and Malawi ranks 10th of 31 groups.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.0144 LSU/ha | 0.0044 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.009 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.014 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.006 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.005 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.026 LSU/ha | 0.042 LSU/ha | 0.016 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.035 LSU/ha | 0.112 LSU/ha | 0.077 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.1925 LSU/ha | 0.1525 LSU/ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Africa or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.21 LSU/ha against 0.04 LSU/ha in Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Africa and Malawi?
- 0.17 LSU/ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Malawi?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Africa and Malawi rank globally for goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Africa ranks 8th and Malawi ranks 10th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Goats — 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.