Malta vs Melanesia: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malta
- Melanesia
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.25 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.23 LSU/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 12.5 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 16th of 187 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2411 LSU/ha | 0.0189 LSU/ha | 0.2222 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1970s | 0.132 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.122 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 0.078 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.068 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1990s | 0.212 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.202 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.186 LSU/ha | 0.011 LSU/ha | 0.175 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.163 LSU/ha | 0.011 LSU/ha | 0.152 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.2275 LSU/ha | 0.0175 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Malta or Melanesia?
- Malta, at 0.25 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malta and Melanesia?
- 0.23 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Melanesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Melanesia rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malta ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 16th 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.