Africa vs Nepal: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Africa
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 0.4 LSU/ha against 0.08 LSU/ha in Africa, a difference of 0.32 LSU/ha.
That makes Nepal's figure about 5.0 times Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 7th and Nepal ranks 7th of 31 groups.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0244 LSU/ha | 0.1256 LSU/ha | 0.1011 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1970s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1980s | 0.032 LSU/ha | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.107 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1990s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.156 LSU/ha | 0.116 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2000s | 0.053 LSU/ha | 0.193 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.067 LSU/ha | 0.279 LSU/ha | 0.212 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2020s | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.3825 LSU/ha | 0.3025 LSU/ha | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Africa or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 0.4 LSU/ha against 0.08 LSU/ha in Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Africa and Nepal?
- 0.32 LSU/ha, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Nepal?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Africa and Nepal rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Africa ranks 7th and Nepal ranks 7th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — 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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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.