Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Afghanistan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Afghanistan stood at 0.05 LSU/ha.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Afghanistan peaked at 0.07 LSU/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1986.
That places Afghanistan 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.06 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2016 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 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 | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.056 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.048 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.053 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.047 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 91 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Guinea 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Mauritania 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Mongolia 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 North Macedonia 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Peru 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Serbia 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Sierra Leone 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Somalia 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Turkmenistan 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Yugoslav SFR 0.05 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.547 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 80.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0021 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 13.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Afghanistan?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Afghanistan was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.07 LSU/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1986.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Afghanistan ranks 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and 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.