Samoa vs Tonga: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Samoa
- Tonga
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.07 LSU/ha against 1.05 LSU/ha in Tonga, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 45th and Tonga ranks 48th of 194 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 4 and Tonga in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4578 LSU/ha | 0.4378 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.507 LSU/ha | 0.662 LSU/ha | 0.155 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 1980s | 0.701 LSU/ha | 1.07 LSU/ha | 0.373 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 1990s | 1.15 LSU/ha | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.083 LSU/ha | Samoa |
| 2000s | 1.56 LSU/ha | 1.14 LSU/ha | 0.419 LSU/ha | Samoa |
| 2010s | 1.19 LSU/ha | 1.05 LSU/ha | 0.137 LSU/ha | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.04 LSU/ha | 1.05 LSU/ha | 0.0025 LSU/ha | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Samoa or Tonga?
- Samoa, at 1.07 LSU/ha against 1.05 LSU/ha in Tonga as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Samoa and Tonga?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tonga?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Tonga rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Samoa ranks 45th and Tonga ranks 48th 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.