Mauritania vs Northern America: Sheep — Share in total livestock

Mauritania
27.69 %LSU
in 2023
Northern America
0.61 %LSU
in 2023
Mauritania rank
11th
Northern America rank
30th

Sheep — Share in total livestock over time

  • Mauritania
  • Northern America
0102030196119922023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 27.69 %LSU against 0.61 %LSU in Northern America, a difference of 27.08 %LSU.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 45.4 times Northern America's.

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

Mauritania ranks 11th and Northern America ranks 30th of 180 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Northern America Difference Ahead
1960s 16.71 %LSU 2.72 %LSU 13.99 %LSU Mauritania
1970s 21.9 %LSU 1.47 %LSU 20.43 %LSU Mauritania
1980s 22.31 %LSU 1.16 %LSU 21.14 %LSU Mauritania
1990s 23.4 %LSU 1.02 %LSU 22.38 %LSU Mauritania
2000s 25.68 %LSU 0.71 %LSU 24.97 %LSU Mauritania
2010s 26.54 %LSU 0.624 %LSU 25.92 %LSU Mauritania
2020s 27.08 %LSU 0.6 %LSU 26.48 %LSU Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — share in total livestock, Mauritania or Northern America?
Mauritania, at 27.69 %LSU against 0.61 %LSU in Northern America as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep — share in total livestock between Mauritania and Northern America?
27.08 %LSU, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Northern America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Northern America rank globally for sheep — share in total livestock?
Mauritania ranks 11th and Northern America ranks 30th 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.