Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Oceania
Oceania: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Oceania, 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 Oceania stood at 0.03 LSU/ha. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Oceania peaked at 0.05 LSU/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1998.
Oceania ranks 19th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Oceania, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.04 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.04 LSU/ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 1999 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2005 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -25.0% |
| 2006 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.042 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.042 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.031 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 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 Ethiopia 0.24 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
- 22 Burundi 0.21 LSU/ha compare
- 22 Malawi 0.21 LSU/ha compare
- 22 Togo 0.21 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Oceania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.316 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.00 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 40.22 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 199.29 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 44.22 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Oceania?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Oceania was 0.03 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 Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.05 LSU/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1998.
- How does Oceania rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Oceania ranks 19th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Oceania 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.