Polynesia vs Western Europe: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Polynesia
- Western Europe
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 0.38 LSU/ha against 0.25 LSU/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 0.13 LSU/ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.5 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
Polynesia ranks 4th and Western Europe ranks 1st of 20 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Polynesia averaged higher in 5 and Western Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1233 LSU/ha | 0.1833 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 0.179 LSU/ha | 0.251 LSU/ha | 0.072 LSU/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 0.359 LSU/ha | 0.307 LSU/ha | 0.052 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 0.495 LSU/ha | 0.299 LSU/ha | 0.196 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 0.557 LSU/ha | 0.297 LSU/ha | 0.26 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 0.448 LSU/ha | 0.301 LSU/ha | 0.147 LSU/ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 0.38 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.11 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, Polynesia or Western Europe?
- Polynesia, at 0.38 LSU/ha against 0.25 LSU/ha in Western Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area between Polynesia and Western Europe?
- 0.13 LSU/ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Western Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Polynesia and Western Europe rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Polynesia ranks 4th and Western Europe ranks 1st 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.