Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Portugal
Portugal: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Portugal, 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 Portugal stood at 0.06 LSU/ha. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.3% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Portugal peaked at 0.16 LSU/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.06 LSU/ha, in 2019.
That places Portugal 77th 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 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Portugal, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.15 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.15 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 0.14 LSU/ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 0.15 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 0.13 LSU/ha | -13.3% |
| 1980 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -28.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 0.11 LSU/ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1511 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.124 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.15 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.112 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.109 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.088 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.069 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0675 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 77 Brunei Darussalam 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 China 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 China, mainland 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Djibouti 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Eritrea 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 French Polynesia 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Indonesia 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Italy 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Kyrgyzstan 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Spain 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Sudan 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Sudan (former) 0.06 LSU/ha compare
- 77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.06 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 198.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0143 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -9.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Portugal?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Portugal was 0.06 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.16 LSU/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2019.
- How does Portugal rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Portugal ranks 77th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.