Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Small island developing states (SIDS)
Small island developing states (SIDS): Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Small island developing states (SIDS), 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 Small island developing states (SIDS) is 0.05 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Small island developing states (SIDS) peaked at 0.06 LSU/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.02 LSU/ha, in 1972.
Small island developing states (SIDS) ranks 11th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Small island developing states (SIDS), year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.03 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.02 LSU/ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.02 LSU/ha | -33.3% |
| 1979 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1980 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +66.7% |
| 1990 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.03 LSU/ha | -40.0% |
| 1996 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 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 | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.032 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.043 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.054 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.051 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing states (SIDS)
- 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 Pakistan 0.33 LSU/ha compare
- 12 Viet Nam 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.27 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Small island developing states (SIDS)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.168 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 16,068 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.86 g/Int$ (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 38,354 1000 USD (1989)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 223,110 1000 USD (1989)
- Country area — Area 135,020 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 121,110 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 60.27 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Small island developing states (SIDS) 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 Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 LSU/ha in 1972.
- How does Small island developing states (SIDS) rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Small island developing states (SIDS) ranks 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Small island developing states (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing states (SIDS) 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.