Eastern Africa vs Norway: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Eastern Africa
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.22 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 0.19 LSU/ha.
That makes Norway's figure about 7.3 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Norway ranks 8th of 31 groups.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0167 LSU/ha | 0.1933 LSU/ha | 0.1767 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.188 LSU/ha | 0.168 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.234 LSU/ha | 0.214 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.211 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.212 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.235 LSU/ha | 0.207 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.2275 LSU/ha | 0.1975 LSU/ha | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area, Eastern Africa or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.22 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between Eastern Africa and Norway?
- 0.19 LSU/ha, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Norway?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Eastern Africa and Norway rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Norway ranks 8th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — 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.