Melanesia vs Western Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Melanesia
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 94.29 million LSU against 906,424 LSU in Melanesia, a difference of 93.39 million LSU.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 104.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 15th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 20 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,985 LSU | 20.84 million LSU | 20.43 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 568,151 LSU | 25.41 million LSU | 24.84 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 696,672 LSU | 31.48 million LSU | 30.78 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 859,714 LSU | 39.49 million LSU | 38.63 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 978,482 LSU | 54.86 million LSU | 53.88 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 944,814 LSU | 75.30 million LSU | 74.35 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 886,572 LSU | 91.51 million LSU | 90.62 million LSU | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Melanesia or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 94.29 million LSU against 906,424 LSU in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Melanesia and Western Africa?
- 93.39 million LSU, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Western Africa rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 15th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — Stocks. 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.