Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Benin
Benin: Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.08 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.08 LSU/ha for goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Benin peaked at 0.08 LSU/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 34th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0333 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.039 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.049 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.044 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0725 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Benin
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 64.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.07 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.23 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 230.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Benin?
- Goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Benin was 0.08 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.08 LSU/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Benin ranks 34th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Goats — 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.