Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan
South Sudan: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.11 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan, 2012–2023
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 South Sudan stood at 0.11 LSU/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan peaked at 0.12 LSU/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1 LSU/ha, in 2012.
That places South Sudan 48th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.1 LSU/ha | — |
| 2013 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1075 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for South Sudan
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -18.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -17.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.283 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.29 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 44.71 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 83.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 8.48 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2,395 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in South Sudan was 0.11 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.12 LSU/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 LSU/ha in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- South Sudan ranks 48th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.