Europe vs Malawi: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Europe
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.21 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Europe, a difference of 0.18 LSU/ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 7.0 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Europe ahead.
Europe ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 22nd of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Europe averaged higher in 4 and Malawi in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.0178 LSU/ha | 0.0222 LSU/ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 0.042 LSU/ha | 0.026 LSU/ha | 0.016 LSU/ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.047 LSU/ha | 0.017 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.118 LSU/ha | 0.088 LSU/ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Europe or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.21 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Europe and Malawi?
- 0.18 LSU/ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Malawi?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Europe and Malawi rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Europe ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 22nd of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — 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.