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Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area by country

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...

Countries reporting
166
Highest
1.1 LSU/ha
Qatar
Lowest
0 LSU/ha
Zimbabwe
Median
0.03 LSU/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,936

What the numbers show

Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 1.1 LSU/ha in Qatar; the lowest is 0 LSU/ha in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.03 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.064 LSU/ha.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 100.0%).

Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 1.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 93.0% volatile
1 Syrian Arab Republic 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.7% rising
2 Bahrain 0.75 LSU/ha 2023 up 59.6% volatile
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.0% rising
2 Türkiye 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 57.1% falling
3 United Arab Emirates 0.53 LSU/ha 2023 down 3.6% volatile
4 Kuwait 0.49 LSU/ha 2023 up 44.1% volatile
5 Jordan 0.29 LSU/ha 2023 up 31.8% volatile
6 Cyprus 0.28 LSU/ha 2022 down 6.7% rising
7 New Zealand 0.25 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.7% falling
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
7 Republic of Moldova 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% falling
7 United Republic of Tanzania 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 up 120.0% rising
8 Norway 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 down 4.3% rising
10 Palestine 0.2 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
11 Timor-Leste 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
12 Malta 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 54.5% rising
13 Greece 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
14 Azerbaijan 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 down 17.6% rising
15 Barbados 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.2% volatile
15 Grenada 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 23.5% rising
17 Albania 0.12 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.0% rising
18 Cabo Verde 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
18 Caribbean 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
19 Ethiopia 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 42.9% rising
19 Chad 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
19 Tajikistan 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
22 Antigua and Barbuda 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 43.8% rising
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 80.0% rising
22 Ireland 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 18.2% rising
22 Israel 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
22 Saint Lucia 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
22 Pakistan 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
22 Senegal 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 28.6% volatile
23 Côte d'Ivoire 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
29 Burkina Faso 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
29 Algeria 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
29 Faroe Islands 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
29 Kenya 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
29 Romania 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% falling
29 Uzbekistan 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
35 Iraq 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
35 Morocco 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
35 Nigeria 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.7% volatile
38 Guinea-Bissau 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
38 Lebanon 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
38 Lesotho 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
38 Montenegro 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
38 Portugal 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
38 Tunisia 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
44 Benin 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 150.0% falling
44 Bahamas 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
44 Egypt 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 66.7% rising
44 Spain 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
44 Ghana 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% rising
44 Italy 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% flat
44 Libya 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
44 North Macedonia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
44 Mali 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% rising
44 Oman 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% volatile
44 Peru 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
44 Serbia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
44 South Sudan 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
44 Togo 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
44 Martinique 0.05 LSU/ha 2006 down 61.5% falling
44 Yugoslav SFR 0.05 LSU/ha 1991 unchanged falling
61 Armenia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
61 Bangladesh 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
61 China 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
61 Cameroon 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
61 Georgia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
61 Equatorial Guinea 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
61 Croatia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
61 India 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
61 Sudan 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
61 Turkmenistan 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
61 Uruguay 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% falling
61 Yemen 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
61 Sudan (former) 0.04 LSU/ha 2011 unchanged volatile
61 China, mainland 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
61 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
61 Ethiopia PDR 0.04 LSU/ha 1992 unchanged flat
77 Afghanistan 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
77 Burundi 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
77 Djibouti 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Dominica 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Eritrea 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Gambia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
77 Indonesia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Mongolia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
77 Mauritania 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
77 Niger 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
77 Sierra Leone 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 25.0% volatile
77 Uganda 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 200.0% volatile
77 Serbia and Montenegro 0.03 LSU/ha 2005 down 25.0% falling
77 Australia and New Zealand 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
77 Brunei Darussalam 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
93 Australia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
93 Austria 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
93 Bulgaria 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% volatile
93 Switzerland 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
93 Comoros 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
93 Cuba 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% volatile
93 France 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% falling
93 Guinea 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
93 Guyana 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
93 Haiti 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
93 Hungary 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
93 Iceland 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
93 Rwanda 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% rising
93 Somalia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% rising
93 Slovakia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
93 Slovenia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
93 South Africa 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 33.3% falling
93 USSR 0.02 LSU/ha 1991 down 33.3% rising
93 OECD 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
112 Argentina 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Belgium 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 unchanged flat
112 Belize 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Brazil 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
112 Central African Republic 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Chile 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
112 Czechia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Germany 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
112 Denmark 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Dominican Republic 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Ecuador 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Estonia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Finland 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Fiji 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Gabon 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Guatemala 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
112 Kazakhstan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Liberia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% rising
112 Luxembourg 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 unchanged flat
112 Mexico 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
112 Malawi 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
112 Namibia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
112 Nepal 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% flat
112 Puerto Rico 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Saudi Arabia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
112 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
112 Suriname 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
112 Sweden 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% rising
112 French Guiana 0.01 LSU/ha 2006 unchanged falling
112 Guadeloupe 0.01 LSU/ha 2006 unchanged rising
112 Czechoslovakia 0.01 LSU/ha 1992 unchanged rising
112 Russian Federation 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
112 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.01 LSU/ha 1999 unchanged rising
145 Bhutan 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 Colombia 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 Japan 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 Lithuania 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 Latvia 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 Myanmar 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
145 Mauritius 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 Poland 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 French Polynesia 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 Ukraine 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
145 Zimbabwe 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
227 places, 12,936 data points, 1961–2023
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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.