Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 87.25 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Faroe Islands, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands stood at 87.25 %LSU.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands peaked at 87.66 %LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 79.24 %LSU, in 1962.
Faroe Islands ranks 1st of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.17 %LSU | 79.24 %LSU | 82.29 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 83.9 %LSU | 81.03 %LSU | 86.68 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.98 %LSU | 82.72 %LSU | 84.71 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 83.92 %LSU | 83.02 %LSU | 84.94 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.68 %LSU | 82.56 %LSU | 85.12 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.38 %LSU | 85.06 %LSU | 87.66 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.11 %LSU | 86.33 %LSU | 87.57 %LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.75 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 17 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 20 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 18 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 257.14 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands was 87.25 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 87.66 %LSU in 2019.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.24 %LSU in 1962.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Faroe Islands ranks 1st out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock. 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.