Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in North Macedonia, 1992–2023
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 North Macedonia is 0.05 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in North Macedonia peaked at 0.19 LSU/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.05 LSU/ha, in 2023.
That places North Macedonia 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.17 LSU/ha | — |
| 1993 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -22.2% |
| 1998 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -23.1% |
| 2000 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 2013 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.102 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.069 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0575 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
- 91 Afghanistan 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Guinea 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Mauritania 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Mongolia 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
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.483 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.22 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate 83.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0.0052 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate -18.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export 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 North Macedonia?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in North Macedonia 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 North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.19 LSU/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023.
- How does North Macedonia rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- North Macedonia ranks 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.