Faroe Islands vs Oceania: Sheep — Share in total livestock

Faroe Islands
87.25 %LSU
in 2023
Oceania
19.77 %LSU
in 2023
Faroe Islands rank
1st
Oceania rank
6th

Sheep — Share in total livestock over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • Oceania
20406080196119922023

How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 87.25 %LSU against 19.77 %LSU in Oceania, a difference of 67.48 %LSU.

That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 4.4 times Oceania's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Faroe Islands has been ahead every year.

Faroe Islands ranks 1st and Oceania ranks 6th of 180 countries.

Faroe Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Faroe Islands Oceania Difference Ahead
1960s 81.17 %LSU 46.53 %LSU 34.64 %LSU Faroe Islands
1970s 83.9 %LSU 36.94 %LSU 46.96 %LSU Faroe Islands
1980s 83.98 %LSU 40.8 %LSU 43.18 %LSU Faroe Islands
1990s 83.92 %LSU 35.41 %LSU 48.51 %LSU Faroe Islands
2000s 83.68 %LSU 26.69 %LSU 56.99 %LSU Faroe Islands
2010s 86.38 %LSU 21.32 %LSU 65.05 %LSU Faroe Islands
2020s 87.11 %LSU 20.92 %LSU 66.19 %LSU Faroe Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — share in total livestock, Faroe Islands or Oceania?
Faroe Islands, at 87.25 %LSU against 19.77 %LSU in Oceania as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep — share in total livestock between Faroe Islands and Oceania?
67.48 %LSU, with Faroe Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Oceania?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Faroe Islands and Oceania rank globally for sheep — share in total livestock?
Faroe Islands ranks 1st and Oceania ranks 6th of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — Share in total livestock. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Sheep — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
227 places, 12,936 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.