Malawi vs Switzerland: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malawi
- Switzerland
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.3 LSU/ha against 0.22 LSU/ha in Switzerland, a difference of 0.08 LSU/ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Malawi ranks 23rd and Switzerland ranks 26th of 172 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.2244 LSU/ha | 0.2144 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.011 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | 0.299 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.014 LSU/ha | 0.249 LSU/ha | 0.235 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.251 LSU/ha | 0.223 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.129 LSU/ha | 0.245 LSU/ha | 0.116 LSU/ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.225 LSU/ha | 0.045 LSU/ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area, Malawi or Switzerland?
- Malawi, at 0.3 LSU/ha against 0.22 LSU/ha in Switzerland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malawi and Switzerland?
- 0.08 LSU/ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Switzerland?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Switzerland rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malawi ranks 23rd 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.