Sub-Saharan Africa vs Timor-Leste: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 0.08 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 1.3 times Timor-Leste's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th and Timor-Leste ranks 10th of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa averaged higher in 4 and Timor-Leste in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0222 LSU/ha | 0.1156 LSU/ha | 0.0933 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 1970s | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.052 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 1980s | 0.031 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.001 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1990s | 0.036 LSU/ha | 0.056 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 0.046 LSU/ha | 0.044 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2010s | 0.066 LSU/ha | 0.063 LSU/ha | 0.003 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2020s | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.0675 LSU/ha | 0.0125 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Sub-Saharan Africa or Timor-Leste?
- Sub-Saharan Africa, at 0.08 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Timor-Leste as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Sub-Saharan Africa and Timor-Leste?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Timor-Leste?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Timor-Leste rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th and Timor-Leste ranks 10th of 31 groups.
- 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.