Cattle — Stocks in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cattle — Stocks was 240,266 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Melanesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 240,266 LSU for cattle — stocks in 2023.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 41.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Melanesia peaked at 430,800 LSU in 1995 and was at its lowest, 161,490 LSU, in 1961.
That places Melanesia 137th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 198,932 LSU | 161,490 LSU | 250,331 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 311,943 LSU | 259,496 LSU | 345,650 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 360,771 LSU | 340,797 LSU | 376,560 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 411,044 LSU | 378,000 LSU | 430,800 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 401,752 LSU | 388,149 LSU | 412,582 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 305,723 LSU | 221,114 LSU | 411,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 228,778 LSU | 222,735 LSU | 240,266 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More environment data for Melanesia
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 51.89 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,148 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1,585 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.85 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 2.99 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.12 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 456.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.96 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,129 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,044 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in Melanesia?
- Cattle — stocks in Melanesia was 240,266 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 430,800 LSU in 1995.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 161,490 LSU in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for cattle — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 137th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Stocks. 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.