United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland vs United States of America: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0.19 LSU/ha
in 2023
United States of America
0 LSU/ha
in 2023
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
28th
United States of America rank
30th

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

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • United States of America
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How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 0.19 LSU/ha against 0 LSU/ha in United States of America, a difference of 0.19 LSU/ha.

Across all 63 years both countries report, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been ahead every year.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 28th and United States of America ranks 30th of 187 countries.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1478 LSU/ha 0.01 LSU/ha 0.1378 LSU/ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1970s 0.136 LSU/ha 0.006 LSU/ha 0.13 LSU/ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1980s 0.161 LSU/ha 0 LSU/ha 0.161 LSU/ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 0.247 LSU/ha 0 LSU/ha 0.247 LSU/ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 0.207 LSU/ha 0 LSU/ha 0.207 LSU/ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 0.193 LSU/ha 0 LSU/ha 0.193 LSU/ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 0.19 LSU/ha 0 LSU/ha 0.19 LSU/ha United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or United States of America?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 0.19 LSU/ha against 0 LSU/ha in United States of America as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America?
0.19 LSU/ha, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 28th and United States of America ranks 30th 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

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
Last refreshed

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.