Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru
Peru: 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 Peru, 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 Peru is 0.05 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru peaked at 0.12 LSU/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.05 LSU/ha, in 2017.
Peru ranks 91st of 187 countries 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.12 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -18.2% |
| 1973 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1984 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.1078 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.072 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.065 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.059 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 4 |
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- 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 North Macedonia 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 Peru
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4511 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.13 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.18 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0163 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.008 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Peru 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.12 LSU/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2017.
- How does Peru rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Peru ranks 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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.