Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.33 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan stood at 0.33 LSU/ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Pakistan peaked at 0.33 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.05 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Pakistan ranks 12th of 187 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.05 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.18 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.21 LSU/ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.22 LSU/ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.22 LSU/ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.23 LSU/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.29 LSU/ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.3 LSU/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.31 LSU/ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.33 LSU/ha | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0611 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.102 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.143 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.186 LSU/ha | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.218 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.266 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.315 LSU/ha | 0.3 LSU/ha | 0.33 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.38 LSU/ha compare
- 9 Seychelles 0.38 LSU/ha compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 11 Jordan 0.36 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Bangladesh 0.33 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Viet Nam 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.27 LSU/ha compare
- 15 Palestine, State of 0.26 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Pakistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate 0 % 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 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate 0 % 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 Pakistan?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Pakistan was 0.33 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.33 LSU/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Pakistan ranks 12th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.