Kenya vs South America: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Kenya
- South America
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.2 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 0.18 LSU/ha.
That makes Kenya's figure about 10.0 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 25th and South America ranks 22nd of 187 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0389 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.0089 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 0.035 LSU/ha | 0.024 LSU/ha | 0.011 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.035 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 0.069 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.049 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.103 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.083 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.164 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.144 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.1975 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.1775 LSU/ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Kenya or South America?
- Kenya, at 0.2 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Kenya and South America?
- 0.18 LSU/ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and South America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and South America rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Kenya ranks 25th and South America ranks 22nd 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.
Individual pages
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.