Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.24 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia, 1993–2023
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 Ethiopia is 0.24 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia peaked at 0.25 LSU/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.06 LSU/ha, in 1993.
That places Ethiopia 18th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.06 LSU/ha | — |
| 1994 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +26.3% |
| 2020 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0671 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.105 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.164 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2325 LSU/ha | 0.22 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 15 Palestine, State of 0.26 LSU/ha compare
- 16 Malta 0.25 LSU/ha compare
- 16 New Zealand 0.25 LSU/ha compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.01 LSU/ha compare
- 18 Saint Lucia 0.24 LSU/ha compare
- 20 Norway 0.23 LSU/ha compare
- 21 Oman 0.22 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -69.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0002 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -74.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -71.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia was 0.24 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.25 LSU/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Ethiopia ranks 18th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.