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
192
Highest
1.1 LSU/ha
Qatar
Lowest
0 LSU/ha
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
0.02 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 192 countries. The highest value is 1.1 LSU/ha in Qatar; the lowest is 0 LSU/ha in China, Taiwan Province of.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.02 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.0552 LSU/ha.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 37 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 1.1 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Bahrain | 0.75 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.14 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 16 | Barbados | 0.13 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Grenada | 0.13 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 18 | Albania | 0.12 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 19 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.11 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 19 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.11 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 0.11 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 0.1 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 22 | Chad | 0.1 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 0.1 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 25 | Ireland | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 25 | Israel | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Pakistan | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 25 | Senegal | 0.09 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 0.08 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 32 | Algeria | 0.08 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 32 | Faroe Islands | 0.08 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 0.08 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Romania | 0.08 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 0.08 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 38 | Iraq | 0.07 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 38 | Morocco | 0.07 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 0.07 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Lebanon | 0.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 41 | Lesotho | 0.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Montenegro | 0.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 0.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Tunisia | 0.06 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 47 | Benin | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 47 | Bahamas | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Egypt | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 66.7% | rising |
| 47 | Spain | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 47 | Ghana | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 47 | Libya | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 47 | Mali | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 47 | Oman | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Peru | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 47 | Serbia | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | South Sudan | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 47 | Togo | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 47 | Martinique | 0.05 LSU/ha | 2006 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 47 | Yugoslav SFR | 0.05 LSU/ha | 1991 | unchanged | falling |
| 64 | Armenia | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 64 | China | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 64 | Cameroon | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 64 | Georgia | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 64 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Croatia | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | India | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Sudan | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Uruguay | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 64 | Yemen | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Sudan (former) | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | China, mainland | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 64 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 64 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.04 LSU/ha | 1992 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 80 | Burundi | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 80 | Djibouti | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Dominica | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Eritrea | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Gambia | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 80 | Indonesia | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Mongolia | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 80 | Mauritania | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Niger | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Uganda | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2005 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 80 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 80 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 96 | Australia | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Austria | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Switzerland | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 96 | Comoros | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 96 | France | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 96 | Guinea | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Guyana | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Haiti | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Hungary | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Iceland | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Rwanda | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 96 | Somalia | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 96 | Slovakia | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Slovenia | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | USSR | 0.02 LSU/ha | 1991 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 96 | OECD | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Cabo Verde | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Caribbean | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 96 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Argentina | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Belgium | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Belize | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Brazil | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Chile | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 119 | Czechia | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Germany | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | Denmark | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Ecuador | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Estonia | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Finland | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Fiji | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Gabon | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Guatemala | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Liberia | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Mexico | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Malawi | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | Nepal | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 119 | Puerto Rico | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Saudi Arabia | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Suriname | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Sweden | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 119 | French Guiana | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2006 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | Guadeloupe | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2006 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Czechoslovakia | 0.01 LSU/ha | 1992 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Timor-Leste | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 119 | Russian Federation | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.01 LSU/ha | 1999 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Angola | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Belarus | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Bhutan | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Botswana | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Canada | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Congo | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Colombia | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Costa Rica | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Honduras | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Jamaica | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Japan | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Lithuania | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Latvia | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Madagascar | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Myanmar | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Mozambique | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Mauritius | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Malaysia | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Philippines | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Poland | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Paraguay | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | El Salvador | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Eswatini | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Thailand | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Ukraine | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Zambia | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Melanesia | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Polynesia | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Republic of Korea | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 154 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 0.1 LSU/ha
- Southern Europe 0.06 LSU/ha
- Southern Asia 0.06 LSU/ha
- Northern Africa 0.05 LSU/ha
- Western Africa 0.05 LSU/ha
- Africa 0.04 LSU/ha
- European Union (27) 0.04 LSU/ha
- Asia 0.04 LSU/ha
- Western Asia 0.04 LSU/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.04 LSU/ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.03 LSU/ha
- World 0.03 LSU/ha
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.