Melanesia vs Niger: Goats — Stocks
Goats — Stocks over time
- Melanesia
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 1.96 million LSU against 28,607 LSU in Melanesia, a difference of 1.93 million LSU.
That makes Niger's figure about 68.5 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 15th and Niger ranks 16th of 20 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,596 LSU | 588,000 LSU | 567,404 LSU | Niger |
| 1970s | 14,876 LSU | 766,724 LSU | 751,848 LSU | Niger |
| 1980s | 19,981 LSU | 714,873 LSU | 694,891 LSU | Niger |
| 1990s | 23,315 LSU | 749,206 LSU | 725,891 LSU | Niger |
| 2000s | 27,490 LSU | 1.11 million LSU | 1.08 million LSU | Niger |
| 2010s | 27,969 LSU | 1.53 million LSU | 1.50 million LSU | Niger |
| 2020s | 28,694 LSU | 1.96 million LSU | 1.93 million LSU | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goats — stocks, Melanesia or Niger?
- Niger, at 1.96 million LSU against 28,607 LSU in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goats — stocks between Melanesia and Niger?
- 1.93 million LSU, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Niger?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Niger rank globally for goats — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 15th and Niger ranks 16th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Goats — Stocks. 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.