Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Jordan
Jordan: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.36 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Jordan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 0.36 LSU/ha for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Jordan peaked at 0.39 LSU/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.08 LSU/ha, in 1976.
That places Jordan 11th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Jordan, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.09 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +22.2% |
| 1963 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +23.1% |
| 1966 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -41.2% |
| 1968 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +18.2% |
| 1970 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -30.8% |
| 1971 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -27.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1978 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +18.2% |
| 1980 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1982 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +23.5% |
| 1991 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +23.8% |
| 1992 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +19.2% |
| 1993 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 0.28 LSU/ha | -15.2% |
| 1995 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 0.28 LSU/ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 0.24 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 0.21 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1999 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -18.2% |
| 2001 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +20.8% |
| 2008 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +27.6% |
| 2009 | 0.29 LSU/ha | -21.6% |
| 2010 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.29 LSU/ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 0.38 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.37 LSU/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.36 LSU/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.37 LSU/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.38 LSU/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.35 LSU/ha | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1244 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.105 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.139 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.263 LSU/ha | 0.21 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.238 LSU/ha | 0.18 LSU/ha | 0.37 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.334 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | 0.39 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.365 LSU/ha | 0.35 LSU/ha | 0.38 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.38 LSU/ha compare
- 9 Seychelles 0.38 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Bangladesh 0.33 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Pakistan 0.33 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.27 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Jordan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -40.96 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.533 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.64 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 38.09 % 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 0.0297 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 10.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — 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 Jordan?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Jordan was 0.36 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.39 LSU/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 LSU/ha in 1976.
- How does Jordan rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Jordan ranks 11th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan 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.