Caribbean vs Western Africa: Swine / pigs — Stocks
Swine / pigs — Stocks over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 3.28 million LSU against 791,434 LSU in Caribbean, a difference of 2.49 million LSU.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 4.1 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 25th and Western Africa ranks 22nd of 31 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 2 and Western Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 806,011 LSU | 413,451 LSU | 392,560 LSU | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 907,292 LSU | 570,141 LSU | 337,151 LSU | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 653,199 LSU | 879,532 LSU | 226,334 LSU | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 724,496 LSU | 1.50 million LSU | 776,857 LSU | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 737,225 LSU | 2.12 million LSU | 1.39 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 773,142 LSU | 2.75 million LSU | 1.98 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 737,565 LSU | 3.20 million LSU | 2.46 million LSU | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher swine / pigs — stocks, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 3.28 million LSU against 791,434 LSU in Caribbean as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — stocks between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 2.49 million LSU, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Caribbean and Western Africa rank globally for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Caribbean ranks 25th and Western Africa ranks 22nd of 31 countries.
- 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
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.