South America vs Saint Lucia: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- South America
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 0.09 LSU/ha against 0.01 LSU/ha in South America, a difference of 0.08 LSU/ha.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 9.0 times South America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Saint Lucia has been ahead every year.
South America ranks 23rd and Saint Lucia ranks 22nd of 31 groups.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1970s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.051 LSU/ha | 0.031 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.068 LSU/ha | 0.048 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 0.016 LSU/ha | 0.074 LSU/ha | 0.058 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.097 LSU/ha | 0.087 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.099 LSU/ha | 0.089 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area, South America or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 0.09 LSU/ha against 0.01 LSU/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between South America and Saint Lucia?
- 0.08 LSU/ha, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Saint Lucia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do South America and Saint Lucia rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- South America ranks 23rd and Saint Lucia ranks 22nd 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.