Lesotho vs Rwanda: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Lesotho
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 0.1 LSU/ha against 0.09 LSU/ha in Lesotho, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 55th and Rwanda ranks 52nd of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Rwanda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0844 LSU/ha | 0.0478 LSU/ha | 0.0367 LSU/ha | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 0.097 LSU/ha | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.042 LSU/ha | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.074 LSU/ha | 0.026 LSU/ha | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 0.083 LSU/ha | 0.071 LSU/ha | 0.012 LSU/ha | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.107 LSU/ha | 0.027 LSU/ha | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.099 LSU/ha | 0.173 LSU/ha | 0.074 LSU/ha | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 0.0925 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.0075 LSU/ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Lesotho or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 0.1 LSU/ha against 0.09 LSU/ha in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Lesotho and Rwanda?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Rwanda?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Rwanda rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Lesotho ranks 55th and Rwanda ranks 52nd 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.