Equidae — Share in total livestock in Melanesia
Melanesia: Equidae — Share in total livestock was 4.45 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Equidae — Share in total livestock in Melanesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, equidae — share in total livestock in Melanesia stood at 4.45 %LSU.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equidae — share in total livestock in Melanesia peaked at 5.25 %LSU in 1980 and was at its lowest, 3.87 %LSU, in 2005.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Equidae — Share in total livestock in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.16 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 5.17 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 4.85 %LSU | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 4.7 %LSU | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 4.93 %LSU | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 5.08 %LSU | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 4.95 %LSU | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 4.89 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 5.12 %LSU | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 5.01 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 5.02 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 4.82 %LSU | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 4.82 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4.81 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 4.88 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 4.86 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 4.98 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 5.09 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 5.12 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 5.25 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 5.19 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 5.18 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 4.82 %LSU | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 4.76 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 4.85 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 4.87 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 4.89 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 4.94 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 5.04 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 5.05 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 5.04 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 4.85 %LSU | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 4.65 %LSU | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 4.5 %LSU | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 4.33 %LSU | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 4.28 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 4.23 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 4.27 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 4.2 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 4.24 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 4.13 %LSU | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 4.08 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 4.08 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.02 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 3.87 %LSU | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 4.14 %LSU | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 4.13 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 4.14 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 4.23 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 4.18 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 4.14 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 4.14 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4.06 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 4.72 %LSU | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 4.87 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 4.91 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 4.92 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 4.91 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4.77 %LSU | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 4.8 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 4.71 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 4.59 %LSU | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 4.45 %LSU | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.98 %LSU | 4.7 %LSU | 5.17 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.94 %LSU | 4.81 %LSU | 5.12 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.98 %LSU | 4.76 %LSU | 5.25 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.54 %LSU | 4.2 %LSU | 5.05 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.11 %LSU | 3.87 %LSU | 4.24 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.56 %LSU | 4.06 %LSU | 4.92 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.64 %LSU | 4.45 %LSU | 4.8 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 2 Haiti 25.53 %LSU compare
- 3 Mongolia 25.27 %LSU compare
- 3 Timor-Leste 6.09 %LSU compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.59 %LSU compare
- 4 Cabo Verde 10.96 %LSU compare
- 4 Iceland 21.88 %LSU compare
- 5 Sierra Leone 21.73 %LSU compare
- 6 Tonga 21.05 %LSU compare
- 7 Cuba 17.42 %LSU compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.19 %LSU compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.16 %LSU compare
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 17.19 %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 equidae — share in total livestock in Melanesia?
- Equidae — share in total livestock in Melanesia was 4.45 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest equidae — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.25 %LSU in 1980.
- What is the lowest equidae — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.87 %LSU in 2005.
- How does Melanesia rank for equidae — share in total livestock?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 18 countries with data for 2023.
- Is equidae — share in total livestock rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. 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 Equidae — 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.