China vs Switzerland: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- China
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.22 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in China, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
China ranks 28th and Switzerland ranks 26th of 172 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1011 LSU/ha | 0.2244 LSU/ha | 0.1233 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 0.163 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.137 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.173 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 0.137 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.249 LSU/ha | 0.059 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.206 LSU/ha | 0.251 LSU/ha | 0.045 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.216 LSU/ha | 0.245 LSU/ha | 0.029 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.2125 LSU/ha | 0.225 LSU/ha | 0.0125 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area, China or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.22 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area between China and Switzerland?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Switzerland?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and Switzerland rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- China ranks 28th and Switzerland ranks 26th of 172 countries.
- 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.