Polynesia vs South America: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Polynesia
- South America
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.63 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 0.25 LSU/ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.4 times South America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Polynesia has been ahead every year.
Polynesia ranks 5th and South America ranks 8th of 20 countries.
Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3933 LSU/ha | 0.3233 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 0.469 LSU/ha | 0.373 LSU/ha | 0.096 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 0.668 LSU/ha | 0.409 LSU/ha | 0.259 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 0.869 LSU/ha | 0.464 LSU/ha | 0.405 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 1.03 LSU/ha | 0.532 LSU/ha | 0.494 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 0.938 LSU/ha | 0.571 LSU/ha | 0.367 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 0.875 LSU/ha | 0.6125 LSU/ha | 0.2625 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, Polynesia or South America?
- Polynesia, at 0.88 LSU/ha against 0.63 LSU/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Polynesia and South America?
- 0.25 LSU/ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and South America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Polynesia and South America rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Polynesia ranks 5th and South America ranks 8th of 20 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.