Cook Islands vs Melanesia: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Cook Islands
- Melanesia
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 2.95 LSU/ha against 0.41 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 2.54 LSU/ha.
That makes Cook Islands's figure about 7.2 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Cook Islands has been ahead every year.
Cook Islands ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 194 countries.
Cook Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6633 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.3233 LSU/ha | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 1.03 LSU/ha | 0.404 LSU/ha | 0.625 LSU/ha | Cook Islands |
| 1980s | 0.996 LSU/ha | 0.425 LSU/ha | 0.571 LSU/ha | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 1.5 LSU/ha | 0.461 LSU/ha | 1.04 LSU/ha | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 2.65 LSU/ha | 0.49 LSU/ha | 2.16 LSU/ha | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 3.87 LSU/ha | 0.448 LSU/ha | 3.42 LSU/ha | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 3.15 LSU/ha | 0.405 LSU/ha | 2.75 LSU/ha | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Cook Islands or Melanesia?
- Cook Islands, at 2.95 LSU/ha against 0.41 LSU/ha in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Cook Islands and Melanesia?
- 2.54 LSU/ha, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Melanesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cook Islands and Melanesia rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Cook Islands ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — 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.