Iraq vs Lesotho: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Iraq
- Lesotho
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 0.07 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Lesotho, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 35th and Lesotho ranks 38th of 180 countries.
Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1244 LSU/ha | 0.0567 LSU/ha | 0.0678 LSU/ha | Iraq |
| 1970s | 0.108 LSU/ha | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.047 LSU/ha | Iraq |
| 1980s | 0.103 LSU/ha | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.042 LSU/ha | Iraq |
| 1990s | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.049 LSU/ha | 0.031 LSU/ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 0.071 LSU/ha | 0.045 LSU/ha | 0.026 LSU/ha | Iraq |
| 2010s | 0.079 LSU/ha | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.018 LSU/ha | Iraq |
| 2020s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.0625 LSU/ha | 0.0075 LSU/ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area, Iraq or Lesotho?
- Iraq, at 0.07 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between Iraq and Lesotho?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Lesotho?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Iraq and Lesotho rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Iraq ranks 35th and Lesotho ranks 38th of 180 countries.
- 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.