India vs Samoa: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- India
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.07 LSU/ha against 1.05 LSU/ha in India, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
India ranks 48th and Samoa ranks 45th of 194 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7244 LSU/ha | 0.4578 LSU/ha | 0.2667 LSU/ha | India |
| 1970s | 0.755 LSU/ha | 0.507 LSU/ha | 0.248 LSU/ha | India |
| 1980s | 0.853 LSU/ha | 0.701 LSU/ha | 0.152 LSU/ha | India |
| 1990s | 0.926 LSU/ha | 1.15 LSU/ha | 0.219 LSU/ha | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.967 LSU/ha | 1.56 LSU/ha | 0.59 LSU/ha | Samoa |
| 2010s | 1.01 LSU/ha | 1.19 LSU/ha | 0.182 LSU/ha | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.04 LSU/ha | 1.04 LSU/ha | 0.0025 LSU/ha | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, India or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 1.07 LSU/ha against 1.05 LSU/ha in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between India and Samoa?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Samoa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Samoa rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- India ranks 48th and Samoa ranks 45th 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.