Malawi vs South America: Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock

Malawi
41.21 %LSU
in 2023
South America
5.52 %LSU
in 2023
Malawi rank
16th
South America rank
17th

Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock over time

  • Malawi
  • South America
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 41.21 %LSU against 5.52 %LSU in South America, a difference of 35.69 %LSU.

That makes Malawi's figure about 7.5 times South America's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.

Malawi ranks 16th and South America ranks 17th of 172 countries.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi South America Difference Ahead
1960s 7.76 %LSU 6.85 %LSU 0.9133 %LSU Malawi
1970s 6.88 %LSU 6.62 %LSU 0.259 %LSU Malawi
1980s 6.54 %LSU 5.76 %LSU 0.776 %LSU Malawi
1990s 9.28 %LSU 5.17 %LSU 4.11 %LSU Malawi
2000s 14.35 %LSU 4.57 %LSU 9.77 %LSU Malawi
2010s 30.73 %LSU 5.27 %LSU 25.46 %LSU Malawi
2020s 40.08 %LSU 5.49 %LSU 34.6 %LSU Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — share in total livestock, Malawi or South America?
Malawi, at 41.21 %LSU against 5.52 %LSU in South America as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — share in total livestock between Malawi and South America?
35.69 %LSU, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and South America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malawi and South America rank globally for swine / pigs — share in total livestock?
Malawi ranks 16th and South America ranks 17th of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
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.