Lesotho vs Nigeria: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Lesotho
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.07 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Lesotho, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 38th and Nigeria ranks 35th of 180 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0567 LSU/ha | 0.0011 LSU/ha | 0.0556 LSU/ha | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.051 LSU/ha | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.018 LSU/ha | 0.043 LSU/ha | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 0.049 LSU/ha | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.024 LSU/ha | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 0.045 LSU/ha | 0.047 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.062 LSU/ha | 0.001 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.0625 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.0075 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area, Lesotho or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, 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 Lesotho and Nigeria?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Nigeria rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Lesotho ranks 38th and Nigeria ranks 35th 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.