Northern Europe vs Polynesia: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area

Northern Europe
0.14 LSU/ha
in 2023
Polynesia
0.38 LSU/ha
in 2023
Northern Europe rank
6th
Polynesia rank
4th

Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • Northern Europe
  • Polynesia
0.10.20.30.40.50.6196119922023

How they compare

Polynesia currently reports 0.38 LSU/ha against 0.14 LSU/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 0.24 LSU/ha.

That makes Polynesia's figure about 2.7 times Northern Europe's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.

Northern Europe ranks 6th and Polynesia ranks 4th of 31 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Northern Europe averaged higher in 1 and Polynesia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern Europe Polynesia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1278 LSU/ha 0.1233 LSU/ha 0.0044 LSU/ha Northern Europe
1970s 0.154 LSU/ha 0.179 LSU/ha 0.025 LSU/ha Polynesia
1980s 0.164 LSU/ha 0.359 LSU/ha 0.195 LSU/ha Polynesia
1990s 0.171 LSU/ha 0.495 LSU/ha 0.324 LSU/ha Polynesia
2000s 0.167 LSU/ha 0.557 LSU/ha 0.39 LSU/ha Polynesia
2010s 0.152 LSU/ha 0.448 LSU/ha 0.296 LSU/ha Polynesia
2020s 0.1525 LSU/ha 0.38 LSU/ha 0.2275 LSU/ha Polynesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area, Northern Europe or Polynesia?
Polynesia, at 0.38 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 Northern Europe and Polynesia?
0.24 LSU/ha, with Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Europe and Polynesia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Northern Europe and Polynesia rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
Northern Europe ranks 6th and Polynesia ranks 4th 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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Indicator
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,804 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.