Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia
Somalia: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia, 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 Somalia 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 Somalia peaked at 0.08 LSU/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.04 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 91st of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia, 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 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1977 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1982 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.0456 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.071 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.059 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.058 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 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 Peru 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Serbia 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Sierra Leone 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Turkmenistan 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 91 Yugoslav SFR 0.05 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area 1,100 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.06 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 1.8 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 2.56 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.08 LSU/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.04 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Somalia ranks 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Somalia 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.