Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia
Somalia: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.22 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0.22 LSU/ha for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia peaked at 0.25 LSU/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.12 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 158th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.12 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 0.17 LSU/ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2 LSU/ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 0.24 LSU/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 0.2 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1478 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.183 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.224 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.212 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.221 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2225 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area 1,100 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.06 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 1.8 % (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia?
- Major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia was 0.22 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.25 LSU/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Somalia ranks 158th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Major livestock types — 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.