Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.15 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of) stood at 0.15 LSU/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 0.16 LSU/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.07 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd of 20 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.07 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2006 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -21.4% |
| 2015 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +15.4% |
| 2022 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0711 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.076 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.098 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.119 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.132 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1475 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 1 Cabo Verde 0.21 LSU/ha compare
- 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.16 LSU/ha compare
- 1 Qatar 1.6 LSU/ha compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 0.15 LSU/ha compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 1.12 LSU/ha compare
- 3 Bahrain 1.04 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Kuwait 0.64 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 0.14 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Cyprus 0.48 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.1 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.488 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.07 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Import value, annual growth rate -23.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate 7.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate 27.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -31.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import value, annual growth rate -28.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import value, annual growth rate 0.0788 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 0.15 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.16 LSU/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.07 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.