Malta vs Oceania: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malta
- Oceania
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.17 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Oceania, a difference of 0.14 LSU/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 5.7 times Oceania's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 12th and Oceania ranks 10th of 180 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 6 and Oceania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Oceania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0667 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.0267 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1970s | 0.051 LSU/ha | 0.042 LSU/ha | 0.009 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 0.039 LSU/ha | 0.041 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Oceania |
| 1990s | 0.142 LSU/ha | 0.039 LSU/ha | 0.103 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.115 LSU/ha | 0.029 LSU/ha | 0.086 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.1575 LSU/ha | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.1325 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, Malta or Oceania?
- Malta, at 0.17 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Oceania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malta and Oceania?
- 0.14 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Oceania?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Oceania rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malta ranks 12th and Oceania ranks 10th of 180 countries.
- 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.