South America vs Tonga: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- South America
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.48 LSU/ha against 0.04 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 0.44 LSU/ha.
That makes Tonga's figure about 12.0 times South America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
South America ranks 13th and Tonga ranks 16th of 31 groups.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.1911 LSU/ha | 0.1711 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 1970s | 0.023 LSU/ha | 0.352 LSU/ha | 0.329 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.581 LSU/ha | 0.561 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 1990s | 0.022 LSU/ha | 0.545 LSU/ha | 0.523 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.024 LSU/ha | 0.531 LSU/ha | 0.507 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 2010s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.491 LSU/ha | 0.461 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 2020s | 0.0325 LSU/ha | 0.48 LSU/ha | 0.4475 LSU/ha | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area, South America or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.48 LSU/ha against 0.04 LSU/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area between South America and Tonga?
- 0.44 LSU/ha, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Tonga?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do South America and Tonga rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- South America ranks 13th and Tonga ranks 16th 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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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.