Eastern Africa vs Melanesia: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Eastern Africa
- Melanesia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 0.45 LSU/ha against 0.41 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.04 LSU/ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.1 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 14th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 1 and Melanesia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1922 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | 0.1478 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 0.215 LSU/ha | 0.404 LSU/ha | 0.189 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 0.235 LSU/ha | 0.425 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 0.247 LSU/ha | 0.461 LSU/ha | 0.214 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 0.285 LSU/ha | 0.49 LSU/ha | 0.205 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 0.369 LSU/ha | 0.448 LSU/ha | 0.079 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 0.4375 LSU/ha | 0.405 LSU/ha | 0.0325 LSU/ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Eastern Africa or Melanesia?
- Eastern Africa, at 0.45 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 Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 0.04 LSU/ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Eastern Africa and Melanesia rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Eastern Africa ranks 14th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 31 groups.
- 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.