Malawi vs Southern Africa: Swine / pigs — Stocks

Malawi
1.81 million LSU
in 2023
Southern Africa
302,110 LSU
in 2023
Malawi rank
25th
Southern Africa rank
26th

Swine / pigs — Stocks over time

  • Malawi
  • Southern Africa
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1.81 million LSU against 302,110 LSU in Southern Africa, a difference of 1.50 million LSU.

That makes Malawi's figure about 6.0 times Southern Africa's.

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

Malawi ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 26th of 169 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 26,361 LSU 299,982 LSU 273,621 LSU Southern Africa
1970s 34,350 LSU 290,874 LSU 256,524 LSU Southern Africa
1980s 45,357 LSU 300,343 LSU 254,986 LSU Southern Africa
1990s 64,604 LSU 336,268 LSU 271,664 LSU Southern Africa
2000s 141,927 LSU 368,487 LSU 226,560 LSU Southern Africa
2010s 739,966 LSU 343,184 LSU 396,782 LSU Malawi
2020s 1.62 million LSU 305,959 LSU 1.32 million LSU Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — stocks, Malawi or Southern Africa?
Malawi, at 1.81 million LSU against 302,110 LSU in Southern Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — stocks between Malawi and Southern Africa?
1.50 million LSU, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Southern Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Southern Africa rank globally for swine / pigs — stocks?
Malawi ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 26th 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.