Polynesia vs Western Asia: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Polynesia
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 0.06 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 0.03 LSU/ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.0 times Polynesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
Polynesia ranks 12th and Western Asia ranks 13th of 20 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 0.013 LSU/ha | 0.051 LSU/ha | 0.038 LSU/ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.056 LSU/ha | 0.036 LSU/ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.044 LSU/ha | 0.019 LSU/ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.015 LSU/ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.046 LSU/ha | 0.021 LSU/ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Polynesia or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 0.06 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Polynesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Polynesia and Western Asia?
- 0.03 LSU/ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Western Asia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Polynesia and Western Asia rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Polynesia ranks 12th and Western Asia ranks 13th 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.