Polynesia vs Western Europe: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Polynesia
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 1.02 LSU/ha against 0.88 LSU/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 0.14 LSU/ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.2 times Polynesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Polynesia ranks 5th and Western Europe ranks 2nd of 20 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3933 LSU/ha | 1.01 LSU/ha | 0.6156 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 0.469 LSU/ha | 1.18 LSU/ha | 0.715 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 0.668 LSU/ha | 1.31 LSU/ha | 0.644 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 0.869 LSU/ha | 1.23 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 1.03 LSU/ha | 1.16 LSU/ha | 0.131 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 0.938 LSU/ha | 1.14 LSU/ha | 0.206 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 0.875 LSU/ha | 1.04 LSU/ha | 0.165 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
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 Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 1.02 LSU/ha against 0.88 LSU/ha in Polynesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Polynesia and Western Europe?
- 0.14 LSU/ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Western Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Polynesia and Western Europe rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Polynesia ranks 5th and Western Europe ranks 2nd 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.