Qatar vs Western Africa: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area

Qatar
1.6 LSU/ha
in 2023
Western Africa
0.11 LSU/ha
in 2023
Qatar rank
1st
Western Africa rank
3rd

Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time

  • Qatar
  • Western Africa
00.511.52196119922023

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 1.6 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 1.49 LSU/ha.

That makes Qatar's figure about 14.5 times Western Africa's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Qatar has been ahead every year.

Qatar ranks 1st and Western Africa ranks 3rd of 187 countries.

Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Qatar Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1267 LSU/ha 0.0189 LSU/ha 0.1078 LSU/ha Qatar
1970s 0.154 LSU/ha 0.024 LSU/ha 0.13 LSU/ha Qatar
1980s 0.225 LSU/ha 0.036 LSU/ha 0.189 LSU/ha Qatar
1990s 0.499 LSU/ha 0.046 LSU/ha 0.453 LSU/ha Qatar
2000s 0.463 LSU/ha 0.068 LSU/ha 0.395 LSU/ha Qatar
2010s 1.27 LSU/ha 0.091 LSU/ha 1.18 LSU/ha Qatar
2020s 1.74 LSU/ha 0.11 LSU/ha 1.62 LSU/ha Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Qatar or Western Africa?
Qatar, at 1.6 LSU/ha against 0.11 LSU/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Qatar and Western Africa?
1.49 LSU/ha, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Western Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Qatar and Western Africa rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
Qatar ranks 1st and Western Africa ranks 3rd 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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Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 data points, 1961–2023
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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.