Africa vs Italy: Swine / pigs — Stocks

Africa
9.78 million LSU
in 2023
Italy
2.29 million LSU
in 2023
Africa rank
15th
Italy rank
18th

Swine / pigs — Stocks over time

  • Africa
  • Italy
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M196119922023

How they compare

Africa currently reports 9.78 million LSU against 2.29 million LSU in Italy, a difference of 7.49 million LSU.

That makes Africa's figure about 4.3 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.

Africa ranks 15th and Italy ranks 18th of 31 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 5 and Italy in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Italy Difference Ahead
1960s 1.25 million LSU 1.33 million LSU 81,619 LSU Italy
1970s 1.67 million LSU 2.19 million LSU 518,916 LSU Italy
1980s 2.52 million LSU 2.26 million LSU 254,836 LSU Africa
1990s 3.82 million LSU 2.10 million LSU 1.72 million LSU Africa
2000s 4.91 million LSU 2.25 million LSU 2.66 million LSU Africa
2010s 7.40 million LSU 2.18 million LSU 5.22 million LSU Africa
2020s 9.49 million LSU 2.18 million LSU 7.31 million LSU Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — stocks, Africa or Italy?
Africa, at 9.78 million LSU against 2.29 million LSU in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — stocks between Africa and Italy?
7.49 million LSU, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Italy?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Africa and Italy rank globally for swine / pigs — stocks?
Africa ranks 15th and Italy ranks 18th of 31 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Swine / pigs — Stocks. 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 — Stocks
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.