Seychelles vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Seychelles
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 0.38 LSU/ha against 0.08 LSU/ha in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.3 LSU/ha.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 4.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Seychelles has been ahead every year.
Seychelles ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 187 countries.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0411 LSU/ha | 0.0222 LSU/ha | 0.0189 LSU/ha | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 0.059 LSU/ha | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.031 LSU/ha | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 0.072 LSU/ha | 0.031 LSU/ha | 0.041 LSU/ha | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 0.122 LSU/ha | 0.036 LSU/ha | 0.086 LSU/ha | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 0.143 LSU/ha | 0.046 LSU/ha | 0.097 LSU/ha | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 0.345 LSU/ha | 0.066 LSU/ha | 0.279 LSU/ha | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 0.375 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.295 LSU/ha | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Seychelles or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Seychelles, at 0.38 LSU/ha against 0.08 LSU/ha in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.3 LSU/ha, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Seychelles and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Seychelles ranks 9th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th 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.