Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania, 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 Mauritania is 0.05 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania peaked at 0.05 LSU/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.01 LSU/ha, in 1974.
That places Mauritania 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Mauritania, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.02 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.01 LSU/ha | -50.0% |
| 1975 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1976 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1997 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 2009 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 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 | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.024 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.036 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.041 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 91 Afghanistan 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Guinea 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 Mauritania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate -50.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per capita 0.0004 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate -82.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per capita 0.0001 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 11.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Mauritania 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1974.
- How does Mauritania rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Mauritania ranks 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.