Melanesia vs Northern Europe: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Melanesia
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 0.22 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 0.08 LSU/ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.6 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 7th and Northern Europe ranks 6th of 20 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 3 and Northern Europe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1267 LSU/ha | 0.1278 LSU/ha | 0.0011 LSU/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1970s | 0.137 LSU/ha | 0.154 LSU/ha | 0.017 LSU/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.164 LSU/ha | 0.024 LSU/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 0.169 LSU/ha | 0.171 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 0.207 LSU/ha | 0.167 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 0.217 LSU/ha | 0.152 LSU/ha | 0.065 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 0.2125 LSU/ha | 0.1525 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area, Melanesia or Northern Europe?
- Melanesia, at 0.22 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Northern Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area between Melanesia and Northern Europe?
- 0.08 LSU/ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Northern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Northern Europe rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Melanesia ranks 7th and Northern Europe ranks 6th of 20 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.