Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Botswana
Botswana: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.01 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Botswana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Botswana is 0.01 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Botswana peaked at 0.01 LSU/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Botswana ranks 138th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Botswana, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1970 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1971 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0 LSU/ha | -100.0% |
| 1974 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1985 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1986 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.003 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.005 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 138 Angola 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Argentina 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Belgium 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Belize 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Bhutan 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Brazil 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Chile 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 China, Taiwan Province of 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Colombia 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Czechia 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Czechoslovakia 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Denmark 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Ecuador 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Estonia 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Finland 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 French Guiana 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Germany 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Kazakhstan 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Luxembourg 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Madagascar 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Malaysia 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Mozambique 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Namibia 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Puerto Rico 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Russian Federation 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Saudi Arabia 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Sri Lanka 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Suriname 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 138 Sweden 0.01 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -14.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0043 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate 0.7255 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — 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 Botswana?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Botswana was 0.01 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Botswana ranks 138th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Botswana 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.