India vs Western Africa: Swine / pigs — Stocks

India
1.69 million LSU
in 2023
Western Africa
3.28 million LSU
in 2023
India rank
26th
Western Africa rank
15th

Swine / pigs — Stocks over time

  • India
  • Western Africa
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922023

How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 3.28 million LSU against 1.69 million LSU in India, a difference of 1.59 million LSU.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.9 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

India ranks 26th and Western Africa ranks 15th of 169 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 1.05 million LSU 413,451 LSU 631,616 LSU India
1970s 1.45 million LSU 570,141 LSU 879,379 LSU India
1980s 2.06 million LSU 879,532 LSU 1.18 million LSU India
1990s 2.58 million LSU 1.50 million LSU 1.08 million LSU India
2000s 2.47 million LSU 2.12 million LSU 348,971 LSU India
2010s 1.98 million LSU 2.75 million LSU 774,573 LSU Western Africa
2020s 1.74 million LSU 3.20 million LSU 1.46 million LSU Western Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — stocks, India or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 3.28 million LSU against 1.69 million LSU in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — stocks between India and Western Africa?
1.59 million LSU, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Western Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Western Africa rank globally for swine / pigs — stocks?
India ranks 26th and Western Africa ranks 15th of 169 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

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.