European Union (27) vs Polynesia: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area

European Union (27)
0.7 LSU/ha
in 2023
Polynesia
0.88 LSU/ha
in 2023
European Union (27) rank
7th
Polynesia rank
5th

Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • European Union (27)
  • Polynesia
0.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

Polynesia currently reports 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.7 LSU/ha in European Union (27), a difference of 0.18 LSU/ha.

That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.3 times European Union (27)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was European Union (27) ahead.

European Union (27) ranks 7th and Polynesia ranks 5th of 31 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, European Union (27) averaged higher in 3 and Polynesia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade European Union (27) Polynesia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.6767 LSU/ha 0.3933 LSU/ha 0.2833 LSU/ha European Union (27)
1970s 0.777 LSU/ha 0.469 LSU/ha 0.308 LSU/ha European Union (27)
1980s 0.846 LSU/ha 0.668 LSU/ha 0.178 LSU/ha European Union (27)
1990s 0.773 LSU/ha 0.869 LSU/ha 0.096 LSU/ha Polynesia
2000s 0.754 LSU/ha 1.03 LSU/ha 0.272 LSU/ha Polynesia
2010s 0.755 LSU/ha 0.938 LSU/ha 0.183 LSU/ha Polynesia
2020s 0.715 LSU/ha 0.875 LSU/ha 0.16 LSU/ha Polynesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, European Union (27) or Polynesia?
Polynesia, at 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.7 LSU/ha in European Union (27) as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between European Union (27) and Polynesia?
0.18 LSU/ha, with Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for European Union (27) and Polynesia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do European Union (27) and Polynesia rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
European Union (27) ranks 7th and Polynesia ranks 5th 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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Indicator
Major livestock types — 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
245 places, 14,075 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.