Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock was 26.51 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock in Melanesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 26.51 %LSU for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in 2023.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Melanesia peaked at 56.17 %LSU in 1976 and was at its lowest, 25.38 %LSU, in 2021.
That places Melanesia 36th out of 43 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.52 %LSU | 45.38 %LSU | 52.3 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 54.82 %LSU | 52.95 %LSU | 56.17 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.82 %LSU | 50.52 %LSU | 53.68 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 47.98 %LSU | 44.39 %LSU | 51.1 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.08 %LSU | 39.53 %LSU | 44.14 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.86 %LSU | 25.49 %LSU | 39.24 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.8 %LSU | 25.38 %LSU | 26.51 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More environment data for Melanesia
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 6,033 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 2.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 6,096 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 13.44 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 21,303 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Melanesia?
- Cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock in Melanesia was 26.51 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 56.17 %LSU in 1976.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.38 %LSU in 2021.
- How does Melanesia rank for cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock?
- Melanesia ranks 36th out of 43 regions with data for 2023.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — share in total livestock rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.