Malta vs Western Africa: Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock

Malta
40.32 %LSU
in 2023
Western Africa
3.48 %LSU
in 2023
Malta rank
21st
Western Africa rank
18th

Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock over time

  • Malta
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 40.32 %LSU against 3.48 %LSU in Western Africa, a difference of 36.84 %LSU.

That makes Malta's figure about 11.6 times Western Africa's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

Malta ranks 21st and Western Africa ranks 18th of 172 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 18.01 %LSU 1.98 %LSU 16.03 %LSU Malta
1970s 17.81 %LSU 2.24 %LSU 15.57 %LSU Malta
1980s 35.06 %LSU 2.78 %LSU 32.27 %LSU Malta
1990s 42.42 %LSU 3.8 %LSU 38.62 %LSU Malta
2000s 37.51 %LSU 3.87 %LSU 33.65 %LSU Malta
2010s 32.39 %LSU 3.66 %LSU 28.73 %LSU Malta
2020s 37.33 %LSU 3.5 %LSU 33.83 %LSU Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — share in total livestock, Malta or Western Africa?
Malta, at 40.32 %LSU against 3.48 %LSU in Western Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — share in total livestock between Malta and Western Africa?
36.84 %LSU, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Western Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malta and Western Africa rank globally for swine / pigs — share in total livestock?
Malta ranks 21st 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 — 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.