Jamaica vs Nicaragua: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Jamaica
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.85 LSU/ha in Jamaica, a difference of 0.03 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 61st and Nicaragua ranks 58th of 194 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 6 and Nicaragua in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5211 LSU/ha | 0.4433 LSU/ha | 0.0778 LSU/ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 0.597 LSU/ha | 0.572 LSU/ha | 0.025 LSU/ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 0.733 LSU/ha | 0.51 LSU/ha | 0.223 LSU/ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 0.9 LSU/ha | 0.535 LSU/ha | 0.365 LSU/ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.906 LSU/ha | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.351 LSU/ha | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.837 LSU/ha | 0.753 LSU/ha | 0.084 LSU/ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.855 LSU/ha | 0.8625 LSU/ha | 0.0075 LSU/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Jamaica or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.85 LSU/ha in Jamaica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Jamaica and Nicaragua?
- 0.03 LSU/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Jamaica and Nicaragua rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Jamaica ranks 61st and Nicaragua ranks 58th 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.