Melanesia vs South America: Swine / pigs — Stocks
Swine / pigs — Stocks over time
- Melanesia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 18.64 million LSU against 475,177 LSU in Melanesia, a difference of 18.16 million LSU.
That makes South America's figure about 39.2 times Melanesia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 10th and South America ranks 9th of 20 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 153,293 LSU | 10.20 million LSU | 10.05 million LSU | South America |
| 1970s | 190,703 LSU | 12.37 million LSU | 12.18 million LSU | South America |
| 1980s | 230,804 LSU | 12.79 million LSU | 12.56 million LSU | South America |
| 1990s | 311,848 LSU | 12.89 million LSU | 12.58 million LSU | South America |
| 2000s | 414,146 LSU | 13.17 million LSU | 12.76 million LSU | South America |
| 2010s | 457,114 LSU | 16.18 million LSU | 15.72 million LSU | South America |
| 2020s | 467,436 LSU | 18.07 million LSU | 17.60 million LSU | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher swine / pigs — stocks, Melanesia or South America?
- South America, at 18.64 million LSU against 475,177 LSU in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in swine / pigs — stocks between Melanesia and South America?
- 18.16 million LSU, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and South America rank globally for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 10th and South America ranks 9th of 20 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.