Norway vs World: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Norway
- World
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.22 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in World, a difference of 0.19 LSU/ha.
That makes Norway's figure about 7.3 times World's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Norway ranks 8th and World ranks 10th of 180 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1933 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.1733 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.188 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.168 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.234 LSU/ha | 0.021 LSU/ha | 0.213 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.021 LSU/ha | 0.209 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.211 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.235 LSU/ha | 0.024 LSU/ha | 0.211 LSU/ha | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.2275 LSU/ha | 0.03 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, Norway or World?
- Norway, at 0.22 LSU/ha against 0.03 LSU/ha in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between Norway and World?
- 0.19 LSU/ha, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Norway and World rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Norway ranks 8th and World 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.