Europe vs Malta: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Europe
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.17 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Europe, a difference of 0.14 LSU/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 5.7 times Europe's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 10th and Malta ranks 12th of 31 groups.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.0667 LSU/ha | 0.0367 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1970s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.051 LSU/ha | 0.021 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 0.037 LSU/ha | 0.039 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1990s | 0.036 LSU/ha | 0.142 LSU/ha | 0.106 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.115 LSU/ha | 0.085 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.1575 LSU/ha | 0.1275 LSU/ha | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area, Europe or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.17 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between Europe and Malta?
- 0.14 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Malta?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Europe and Malta rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Europe ranks 10th and Malta ranks 12th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — 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.