Americas vs Japan: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Americas
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.49 LSU/ha against 0.04 LSU/ha in Americas, a difference of 0.45 LSU/ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 12.2 times Americas's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 13th and Japan ranks 15th of 31 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.1644 LSU/ha | 0.1344 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.306 LSU/ha | 0.276 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.446 LSU/ha | 0.416 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.47 LSU/ha | 0.44 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.031 LSU/ha | 0.478 LSU/ha | 0.447 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.489 LSU/ha | 0.449 LSU/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.49 LSU/ha | 0.45 LSU/ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area, Americas or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.49 LSU/ha against 0.04 LSU/ha in Americas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area between Americas and Japan?
- 0.45 LSU/ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Japan?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and Japan rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Americas ranks 13th and Japan ranks 15th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Swine / pigs — 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.