Tonga vs Western Africa: Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Tonga
- Western Africa
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.48 LSU/ha against 0.01 LSU/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 0.47 LSU/ha.
That makes Tonga's figure about 48.0 times Western Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Tonga ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 172 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1911 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.1911 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 1970s | 0.352 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.352 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 1980s | 0.581 LSU/ha | 0.001 LSU/ha | 0.58 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 1990s | 0.545 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.535 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.531 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.521 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 2010s | 0.491 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.481 LSU/ha | Tonga |
| 2020s | 0.48 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.47 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, Tonga or Western Africa?
- Tonga, at 0.48 LSU/ha against 0.01 LSU/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area between Tonga and Western Africa?
- 0.47 LSU/ha, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Tonga and Western Africa rank globally for swine / pigs — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Tonga ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 18th 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.