Malawi vs Norway: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malawi
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.23 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in Malawi, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 22nd and Norway ranks 20th of 187 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0178 LSU/ha | 0.2033 LSU/ha | 0.1856 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.196 LSU/ha | 0.176 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.244 LSU/ha | 0.224 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.026 LSU/ha | 0.237 LSU/ha | 0.211 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.047 LSU/ha | 0.237 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.118 LSU/ha | 0.244 LSU/ha | 0.126 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.2375 LSU/ha | 0.0375 LSU/ha | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Malawi or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.23 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malawi and Norway?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Norway?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Norway rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malawi ranks 22nd and Norway ranks 20th of 187 countries.
- 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.