Somalia vs Sudan (former): Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area

Somalia
0.22 LSU/ha
in 2023
Sudan (former)
0.24 LSU/ha
in 2011
Somalia rank
158th
Sudan (former) rank
155th

Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • Somalia
  • Sudan (former)
0.050.10.150.20.25196119922023

How they compare

Sudan (former) currently reports 0.24 LSU/ha against 0.22 LSU/ha in Somalia, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.

That makes Sudan (former)'s figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 158th and Sudan (former) ranks 155th of 194 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 4 and Sudan (former) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Somalia Sudan (former) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1478 LSU/ha 0.0756 LSU/ha 0.0722 LSU/ha Somalia
1970s 0.183 LSU/ha 0.108 LSU/ha 0.075 LSU/ha Somalia
1980s 0.224 LSU/ha 0.136 LSU/ha 0.088 LSU/ha Somalia
1990s 0.212 LSU/ha 0.184 LSU/ha 0.028 LSU/ha Somalia
2000s 0.231 LSU/ha 0.243 LSU/ha 0.012 LSU/ha Sudan (former)
2010s 0.22 LSU/ha 0.245 LSU/ha 0.025 LSU/ha Sudan (former)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Somalia or Sudan (former)?
Sudan (former), at 0.24 LSU/ha against 0.22 LSU/ha in Somalia as of 2011.
What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Somalia and Sudan (former)?
0.02 LSU/ha, with Sudan (former) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sudan (former)?
51 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2011.
How do Somalia and Sudan (former) rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
Somalia ranks 158th and Sudan (former) ranks 155th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
245 places, 14,075 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.