United Republic of Tanzania vs Western Africa: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area

United Republic of Tanzania
0.09 LSU/ha
in 2023
Western Africa
0.11 LSU/ha
in 2023
United Republic of Tanzania rank
6th
Western Africa rank
3rd

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

  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 0.11 LSU/ha against 0.09 LSU/ha in United Republic of Tanzania, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.2 times United Republic of Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United Republic of Tanzania ahead.

United Republic of Tanzania ranks 6th and Western Africa ranks 3rd of 20 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, United Republic of Tanzania averaged higher in 2 and Western Africa in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade United Republic of Tanzania Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.03 LSU/ha 0.0189 LSU/ha 0.0111 LSU/ha United Republic of Tanzania
1970s 0.03 LSU/ha 0.024 LSU/ha 0.006 LSU/ha United Republic of Tanzania
1980s 0.033 LSU/ha 0.036 LSU/ha 0.003 LSU/ha Western Africa
1990s 0.04 LSU/ha 0.046 LSU/ha 0.006 LSU/ha Western Africa
2000s 0.05 LSU/ha 0.068 LSU/ha 0.018 LSU/ha Western Africa
2010s 0.065 LSU/ha 0.091 LSU/ha 0.026 LSU/ha Western Africa
2020s 0.0875 LSU/ha 0.11 LSU/ha 0.0225 LSU/ha Western 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, United Republic of Tanzania or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 0.11 LSU/ha against 0.09 LSU/ha in United Republic of Tanzania as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between United Republic of Tanzania and Western Africa?
0.02 LSU/ha, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United Republic of Tanzania and Western Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do United Republic of Tanzania and Western Africa rank globally for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 6th and Western Africa ranks 3rd of 20 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
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.