Malta vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Malta
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.17 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.14 LSU/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 5.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 12th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 10th of 180 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0667 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.0567 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1970s | 0.051 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.041 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 0.039 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.019 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 1990s | 0.142 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.122 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.115 LSU/ha | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.087 LSU/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.1575 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.1275 LSU/ha | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area, Malta or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Malta, at 0.17 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between Malta and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.14 LSU/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Malta ranks 12th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 10th 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.