Northern Europe vs Polynesia: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Northern Europe
- Polynesia
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.84 LSU/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 0.04 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.
Northern Europe ranks 5th and Polynesia ranks 5th of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Northern Europe averaged higher in 4 and Polynesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Europe | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8989 LSU/ha | 0.3933 LSU/ha | 0.5056 LSU/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1970s | 0.992 LSU/ha | 0.469 LSU/ha | 0.523 LSU/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 0.983 LSU/ha | 0.668 LSU/ha | 0.315 LSU/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 0.966 LSU/ha | 0.869 LSU/ha | 0.097 LSU/ha | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 0.926 LSU/ha | 1.03 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 0.877 LSU/ha | 0.938 LSU/ha | 0.061 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 0.8475 LSU/ha | 0.875 LSU/ha | 0.0275 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, Northern Europe or Polynesia?
- Polynesia, at 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.84 LSU/ha in Northern Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Northern Europe and Polynesia?
- 0.04 LSU/ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Europe and Polynesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Northern Europe and Polynesia rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Northern Europe ranks 5th 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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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.