Ghana vs Mali: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Ghana
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 0.13 LSU/ha against 0.12 LSU/ha in Ghana, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mali ahead.
Ghana ranks 45th and Mali ranks 42nd of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Mali in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0189 LSU/ha | 0.0311 LSU/ha | 0.0122 LSU/ha | Mali |
| 1970s | 0.027 LSU/ha | 0.032 LSU/ha | 0.005 LSU/ha | Mali |
| 1980s | 0.031 LSU/ha | 0.035 LSU/ha | 0.004 LSU/ha | Mali |
| 1990s | 0.034 LSU/ha | 0.033 LSU/ha | 0.001 LSU/ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.058 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.008 LSU/ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.087 LSU/ha | 0.085 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.115 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.005 LSU/ha | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Ghana or Mali?
- Mali, at 0.13 LSU/ha against 0.12 LSU/ha in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Ghana and Mali?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Mali?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ghana and Mali rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Ghana ranks 45th and Mali ranks 42nd of 187 countries.
- 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.