Nepal vs Northern Europe: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Nepal
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 0.4 LSU/ha against 0.1 LSU/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 0.3 LSU/ha.
That makes Nepal's figure about 4.0 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nepal ahead.
Nepal ranks 7th and Northern Europe ranks 4th of 187 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1256 LSU/ha | 0.0967 LSU/ha | 0.0289 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1970s | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.089 LSU/ha | 0.041 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1980s | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.105 LSU/ha | 0.034 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 1990s | 0.156 LSU/ha | 0.138 LSU/ha | 0.018 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2000s | 0.193 LSU/ha | 0.119 LSU/ha | 0.074 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.279 LSU/ha | 0.109 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | Nepal |
| 2020s | 0.3825 LSU/ha | 0.1075 LSU/ha | 0.275 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, Nepal or Northern Europe?
- Nepal, at 0.4 LSU/ha against 0.1 LSU/ha in Northern Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Nepal and Northern Europe?
- 0.3 LSU/ha, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Northern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nepal and Northern Europe rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Nepal ranks 7th and Northern Europe ranks 4th 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.