Cattle — Share in total livestock in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cattle — Share in total livestock was 26.51 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cattle — 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 — share in total livestock in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — share in total livestock in Melanesia peaked at 56.17 %LSU in 1976 and was at its lowest, 25.38 %LSU, in 2021.
Melanesia ranks 15th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cattle — Share in total livestock in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45.38 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 45.78 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 46.88 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 46.8 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 47.75 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 48.77 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 51.21 %LSU | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 51.78 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 52.3 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 52.95 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 53.42 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 53.63 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 54.57 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 54.96 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 55.68 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 56.17 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 55.95 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 55.75 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 55.16 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 53.68 %LSU | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 52.4 %LSU | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 51.86 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 52.26 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 51.93 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 51.75 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 51.58 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 50.99 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 51.24 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 50.52 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 50.62 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 51.1 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 50.12 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 49.71 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 48.34 %LSU | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 47.74 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 46.97 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 46.08 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 44.74 %LSU | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 44.39 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 44.14 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 42.7 %LSU | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 41.1 %LSU | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 40.9 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 40.51 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 40.51 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 40.03 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 40.87 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 40.54 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 39.53 %LSU | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 39.24 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 39.06 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 38.7 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 39.24 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 29.69 %LSU | -24.3% |
| 2015 | 28.32 %LSU | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 26.26 %LSU | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 26.06 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 25.49 %LSU | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 26.53 %LSU | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 25.53 %LSU | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 25.38 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 25.78 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 26.51 %LSU | +2.8% |
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
- 12 Namibia 76.57 %LSU compare
- 12 Micronesia 34.22 %LSU compare
- 13 Costa Rica 76.47 %LSU compare
- 14 Madagascar 75.59 %LSU compare
- 14 Polynesia 31.44 %LSU compare
- 15 New Zealand 75.56 %LSU compare
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 25.27 %LSU compare
- 16 Eswatini 74.4 %LSU compare
- 17 Viet Nam 24.34 %LSU compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 74.28 %LSU compare
- 18 Australia 73.88 %LSU compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 20.45 %LSU compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — share in total livestock in Melanesia?
- Cattle — 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 — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 56.17 %LSU in 1976.
- What is the lowest cattle — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.38 %LSU in 2021.
- How does Melanesia rank for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Melanesia ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — 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 — 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.