Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Gambia
Gambia: Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Gambia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 0.05 LSU/ha for equidae — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equidae — livestock units per agricultural land area in Gambia peaked at 0.06 LSU/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Gambia ranks 22nd of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Gambia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1964 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1965 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1974 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 1989 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 1991 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.02 LSU/ha | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1998 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 2014 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0067 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.017 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.031 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.048 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.041 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 19 Mexico 0.07 LSU/ha compare
- 20 Sierra Leone 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 20 Trinidad and Tobago 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 22 El Salvador 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 22 French Polynesia 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 22 Grenada 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 22 Jamaica 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 22 Senegal 0.05 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Gambia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.366 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -23.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0008 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is equidae — livestock units per agricultural land area in Gambia?
- Equidae — livestock units per agricultural land area in Gambia was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest equidae — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest equidae — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Gambia rank for equidae — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Gambia ranks 22nd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is equidae — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Equidae — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.