Melanesia vs World: Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock

Melanesia
52.42 %LSU
in 2023
World
12.12 %LSU
in 2023
Melanesia rank
1st
World rank
12th

Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock over time

  • Melanesia
  • World
1020304050196119922023

How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 52.42 %LSU against 12.12 %LSU in World, a difference of 40.3 %LSU.

That makes Melanesia's figure about 4.3 times World's.

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

Melanesia ranks 1st and World ranks 12th of 20 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Melanesia World Difference Ahead
1960s 37.75 %LSU 10.52 %LSU 27.23 %LSU Melanesia
1970s 33.62 %LSU 12.64 %LSU 20.98 %LSU Melanesia
1980s 33.14 %LSU 13.54 %LSU 19.6 %LSU Melanesia
1990s 36.1 %LSU 13.88 %LSU 22.21 %LSU Melanesia
2000s 42.31 %LSU 13.58 %LSU 28.73 %LSU Melanesia
2010s 48.71 %LSU 13.22 %LSU 35.49 %LSU Melanesia
2020s 52.73 %LSU 12.33 %LSU 40.4 %LSU Melanesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — share in total livestock, Melanesia or World?
Melanesia, at 52.42 %LSU against 12.12 %LSU in World as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — share in total livestock between Melanesia and World?
40.3 %LSU, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and World?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Melanesia and World rank globally for swine / pigs — share in total livestock?
Melanesia ranks 1st and World ranks 12th of 20 regions.
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.