Melanesia vs Saint Lucia: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Melanesia
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 0.24 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.22 LSU/ha.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 12.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Saint Lucia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 16th and Saint Lucia ranks 18th of 20 countries.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0189 LSU/ha | 0.0689 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1970s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.092 LSU/ha | 0.082 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.122 LSU/ha | 0.112 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.131 LSU/ha | 0.121 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 0.011 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.169 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 0.011 LSU/ha | 0.228 LSU/ha | 0.217 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 0.0175 LSU/ha | 0.2375 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Melanesia or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 0.24 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 Melanesia and Saint Lucia?
- 0.22 LSU/ha, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Saint Lucia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Saint Lucia rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Melanesia ranks 16th and Saint Lucia ranks 18th of 20 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.