Malta vs Western Europe: Horses — Livestock units per agricultural land area

Malta
0.07 LSU/ha
in 2017
Western Europe
0.01 LSU/ha
in 2023
Malta rank
10th
Western Europe rank
7th

Horses — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • Malta
  • Western Europe
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.07 LSU/ha against 0.01 LSU/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 0.06 LSU/ha.

That makes Malta's figure about 7.0 times Western Europe's.

Across all 57 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

Malta ranks 10th and Western Europe ranks 7th of 164 countries.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Western Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0756 LSU/ha 0.0267 LSU/ha 0.0489 LSU/ha Malta
1970s 0.056 LSU/ha 0.011 LSU/ha 0.045 LSU/ha Malta
1980s 0.047 LSU/ha 0.01 LSU/ha 0.037 LSU/ha Malta
1990s 0.058 LSU/ha 0.014 LSU/ha 0.044 LSU/ha Malta
2000s 0.069 LSU/ha 0.013 LSU/ha 0.056 LSU/ha Malta
2010s 0.07 LSU/ha 0.0125 LSU/ha 0.0575 LSU/ha Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher horses — livestock units per agricultural land area, Malta or Western Europe?
Malta, at 0.07 LSU/ha against 0.01 LSU/ha in Western Europe as of 2017.
What is the difference in horses — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malta and Western Europe?
0.06 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Western Europe?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Malta and Western Europe rank globally for horses — livestock units per agricultural land area?
Malta ranks 10th and Western Europe ranks 7th of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Horses — 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

Indicator
Horses — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
211 places, 11,867 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.