Middle Africa vs Pakistan: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Middle Africa
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 2.34 LSU/ha against 0.33 LSU/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 2.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 7.1 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Pakistan has been ahead every year.
Middle Africa ranks 16th and Pakistan ranks 19th of 20 groups.
Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0456 LSU/ha | 0.3922 LSU/ha | 0.3467 LSU/ha | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.498 LSU/ha | 0.438 LSU/ha | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 0.081 LSU/ha | 0.625 LSU/ha | 0.544 LSU/ha | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 0.113 LSU/ha | 0.85 LSU/ha | 0.737 LSU/ha | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 0.163 LSU/ha | 1.12 LSU/ha | 0.959 LSU/ha | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 0.236 LSU/ha | 1.64 LSU/ha | 1.41 LSU/ha | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 0.31 LSU/ha | 2.19 LSU/ha | 1.88 LSU/ha | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Middle Africa or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 2.34 LSU/ha against 0.33 LSU/ha in Middle Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Middle Africa and Pakistan?
- 2.01 LSU/ha, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Pakistan?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Middle Africa and Pakistan rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Middle Africa ranks 16th and Pakistan ranks 19th of 20 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.