Sub-Saharan Africa vs Timor-Leste: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 0.03 LSU/ha against 0.01 LSU/ha in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 3.0 times Timor-Leste's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 10th and Timor-Leste ranks 11th of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa averaged higher in 5 and Timor-Leste in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 1970s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.015 LSU/ha | 0.005 LSU/ha | Timor-Leste |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.009 LSU/ha | 0.011 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1990s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2000s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2010s | 0.028 LSU/ha | 0.013 LSU/ha | 0.015 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2020s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area, Sub-Saharan Africa or Timor-Leste?
- Sub-Saharan Africa, at 0.03 LSU/ha against 0.01 LSU/ha in Timor-Leste as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between Sub-Saharan Africa and Timor-Leste?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Timor-Leste?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Timor-Leste rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 10th and Timor-Leste ranks 11th 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.