Malawi vs Small island developing states (SIDS): Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malawi
- Small island developing states (SIDS)
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.21 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Small island developing states (SIDS), a difference of 0.18 LSU/ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 7.0 times Small island developing states (SIDS)'s.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Small island developing states (SIDS) ahead.
Malawi ranks 10th and Small island developing states (SIDS) ranks 8th of 183 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 4 and Small island developing states (SIDS) in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Small island developing states (SIDS) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0144 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.0056 LSU/ha | Small island developing states (SIDS) |
| 1970s | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.001 LSU/ha | Small island developing states (SIDS) |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1990s | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.022 LSU/ha | 0.003 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.042 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.012 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.112 LSU/ha | 0.032 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.1925 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.1625 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, Malawi or Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- Malawi, at 0.21 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Small island developing states (SIDS) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malawi and Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- 0.18 LSU/ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Small island developing states (SIDS) rank globally for goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malawi ranks 10th and Small island developing states (SIDS) ranks 8th of 183 countries.
- 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.