Malta vs Northern America: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malta
- Northern America
How they compare
Malta currently reports 2.14 LSU/ha against 0.31 LSU/ha in Northern America, a difference of 1.83 LSU/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 6.9 times Northern America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 20th and Northern America ranks 22nd of 194 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.45 LSU/ha | 0.2967 LSU/ha | 1.16 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1970s | 1.88 LSU/ha | 0.336 LSU/ha | 1.54 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 2.68 LSU/ha | 0.317 LSU/ha | 2.37 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1990s | 3.73 LSU/ha | 0.309 LSU/ha | 3.42 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 4.23 LSU/ha | 0.324 LSU/ha | 3.9 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 2.74 LSU/ha | 0.309 LSU/ha | 2.43 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 2.28 LSU/ha | 0.3125 LSU/ha | 1.97 LSU/ha | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Malta or Northern America?
- Malta, at 2.14 LSU/ha against 0.31 LSU/ha in Northern America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malta and Northern America?
- 1.83 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Northern America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Northern America rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malta ranks 20th and Northern America ranks 22nd 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.