Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 18.6 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Sierra Leone, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 18.6 %LSU for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Sierra Leone peaked at 21.42 %LSU in 2016 and was at its lowest, 8.94 %LSU, in 2001.
Sierra Leone ranks 73rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.43 %LSU | 12.76 %LSU | 14.94 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.61 %LSU | 13.69 %LSU | 15.31 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.78 %LSU | 15.01 %LSU | 16.83 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.15 %LSU | 9.31 %LSU | 10.71 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.68 %LSU | 8.94 %LSU | 20.01 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.99 %LSU | 18.26 %LSU | 21.42 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.05 %LSU | 17.17 %LSU | 18.6 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 70 South Africa 19.83 %LSU compare
- 71 Iraq 19.31 %LSU compare
- 72 Bulgaria 18.76 %LSU compare
- 74 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 18.28 %LSU compare
- 75 Namibia 17.7 %LSU compare
- 76 Congo, Republic of 17.36 %LSU compare
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -22.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 2,329 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 186 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 307 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 410 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 2,804 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Sierra Leone?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Sierra Leone was 18.6 %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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 21.42 %LSU in 2016.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.94 %LSU in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Sierra Leone ranks 73rd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.