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Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area by country

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...

Countries reporting
176
Highest
1.6 LSU/ha
Qatar
Lowest
0 LSU/ha
Vanuatu
Median
0.06 LSU/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,567

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 1.6 LSU/ha in Qatar; the lowest is 0 LSU/ha in Vanuatu.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.06 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.1098 LSU/ha.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 123.5%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 100.0%).

Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.6 LSU/ha 2023 up 75.8% volatile
2 United Arab Emirates 1.12 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.7% volatile
3 Bahrain 1.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.7% volatile
4 Kuwait 0.64 LSU/ha 2023 up 48.8% volatile
5 Cyprus 0.48 LSU/ha 2022 down 9.4% rising
6 Grenada 0.44 LSU/ha 2023 up 41.9% volatile
7 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4 LSU/ha 2023 down 13.0% rising
7 Nepal 0.4 LSU/ha 2023 up 53.8% rising
9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 up 123.5% rising
9 Seychelles 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.6% volatile
11 Jordan 0.36 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
12 Bangladesh 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.5% rising
12 Pakistan 0.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 26.9% rising
14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.27 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
15 Palestine, State of 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
16 Malta 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% rising
16 New Zealand 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.7% falling
18 Ethiopia 0.24 LSU/ha 2023 up 60.0% rising
18 Saint Lucia 0.24 LSU/ha 2023 up 9.1% rising
20 Norway 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 down 4.2% rising
21 Oman 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.8% volatile
22 Burundi 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.5% volatile
22 Malawi 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 up 110.0% volatile
22 Togo 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 up 61.5% volatile
25 Greece 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
25 Kenya 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
25 Nigeria 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 17.6% volatile
28 Barbados 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 up 26.7% volatile
28 Chad 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 up 90.0% volatile
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
31 Albania 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 down 21.7% rising
32 Bahamas 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
33 Uganda 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
34 Azerbaijan 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
34 Burkina Faso 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.8% rising
34 Guinea-Bissau 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.2% rising
34 Senegal 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.4% volatile
34 Tajikistan 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.4% rising
39 Jamaica 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
39 Lebanon 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.7% rising
39 Cook Islands 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 down 41.7% volatile
42 Benin 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 116.7% rising
42 India 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.3% rising
42 Mali 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 62.5% volatile
45 Central African Republic 0.12 LSU/ha 2023 down 7.7% volatile
45 Ghana 0.12 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% volatile
45 Haiti 0.12 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
48 Comoros 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
48 Israel 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
48 Singapore 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.0% volatile
48 South Sudan 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.0% rising
52 Cameroon 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
52 Fiji 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
52 Rwanda 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 down 44.4% volatile
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 80.0% rising
55 Algeria 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
55 Gambia 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
55 Ireland 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 18.2% rising
55 Iraq 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
55 Lesotho 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.0% flat
55 Morocco 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% flat
55 Romania 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 28.6% falling
55 Uzbekistan 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 28.6% rising
55 Yemen 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% volatile
65 Faroe Islands 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
65 Tunisia 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
65 Guadeloupe 0.08 LSU/ha 2006 down 11.1% rising
65 Martinique 0.08 LSU/ha 2006 down 57.9% falling
65 Réunion 0.08 LSU/ha 2006 up 33.3% rising
70 Dominica 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
70 Egypt 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 down 73.1% rising
70 Libya 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
70 Montenegro 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 down 36.4% rising
70 Niger 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.0% rising
70 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 down 12.5% rising
70 Ethiopia PDR 0.07 LSU/ha 1992 unchanged flat
77 China 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Djibouti 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Eritrea 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
77 Spain 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
77 Indonesia 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
77 Italy 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Kyrgyzstan 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
77 Portugal 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 14.3% falling
77 French Polynesia 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
77 Sudan 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
77 Sudan (former) 0.06 LSU/ha 2011 down 14.3% volatile
77 China, mainland 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Brunei Darussalam 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% volatile
91 Afghanistan 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
91 Guinea 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% volatile
91 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
91 North Macedonia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
91 Mongolia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% volatile
91 Mauritania 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
91 Peru 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
91 Sierra Leone 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% volatile
91 Somalia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
91 Serbia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
91 Turkmenistan 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
91 Yugoslav SFR 0.05 LSU/ha 1991 unchanged falling
103 Armenia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
103 Georgia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
103 Croatia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
103 Eswatini 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
103 Tonga 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
103 Uruguay 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% falling
103 Zimbabwe 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
103 Serbia and Montenegro 0.04 LSU/ha 2005 down 20.0% falling
111 Switzerland 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
111 Cuba 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% volatile
111 France 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
111 Guyana 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
111 Liberia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
111 Mauritius 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
111 Philippines 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
111 South Africa 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
111 USSR 0.03 LSU/ha 1991 unchanged rising
111 Australia and New Zealand 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
121 Australia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
121 Austria 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
121 Bulgaria 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% volatile
121 Dominican Republic 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
121 Gabon 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% rising
121 Guatemala 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
121 Hungary 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
121 Iceland 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
121 Mexico 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
121 Myanmar 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 60.0% volatile
121 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
121 Slovakia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
121 Slovenia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
121 Zambia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
121 OECD 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
121 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
121 Republic of Korea 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% rising
138 Angola 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Argentina 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
138 Belgium 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 unchanged flat
138 Belize 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Brazil 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
138 Bhutan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
138 Botswana 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Chile 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 66.7% falling
138 Colombia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 — falling
138 Czechia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Germany 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
138 Denmark 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Ecuador 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
138 Estonia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Finland 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Kazakhstan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Sri Lanka 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
138 Luxembourg 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 unchanged flat
138 Madagascar 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Mozambique 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Malaysia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
138 Namibia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
138 Puerto Rico 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Saudi Arabia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
138 Suriname 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
138 Sweden 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% rising
138 French Guiana 0.01 LSU/ha 2006 down 50.0% falling
138 Czechoslovakia 0.01 LSU/ha 1992 unchanged falling
138 Russian Federation 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
138 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.01 LSU/ha 1999 unchanged rising
138 China, Taiwan Province of 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% rising
169 Japan 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
169 Lithuania 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
169 Latvia 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
169 New Caledonia 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
169 Poland 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
169 Tuvalu 0 LSU/ha 1992 — volatile
169 Ukraine 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
169 Vanuatu 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 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.