Sub-Saharan Africa vs Türkiye: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Türkiye
How they compare
Türkiye currently reports 0.14 LSU/ha against 0.08 LSU/ha in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.06 LSU/ha.
That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Türkiye has been ahead every year.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th and Türkiye ranks 4th of 31 groups.
Türkiye has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0222 LSU/ha | 0.1478 LSU/ha | 0.1256 LSU/ha | Türkiye |
| 1970s | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.154 LSU/ha | 0.126 LSU/ha | Türkiye |
| 1980s | 0.031 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.129 LSU/ha | Türkiye |
| 1990s | 0.036 LSU/ha | 0.116 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | Türkiye |
| 2000s | 0.046 LSU/ha | 0.082 LSU/ha | 0.036 LSU/ha | Türkiye |
| 2010s | 0.066 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.034 LSU/ha | Türkiye |
| 2020s | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.145 LSU/ha | 0.065 LSU/ha | Türkiye |
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 Türkiye?
- Türkiye, at 0.14 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 Sub-Saharan Africa and Türkiye?
- 0.06 LSU/ha, with Türkiye ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Türkiye?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Türkiye rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th and Türkiye ranks 4th 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.