Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.08 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Faroe Islands, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Faroe Islands is 0.08 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Faroe Islands peaked at 0.08 LSU/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.07 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Faroe Islands ranks 29th of 180 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.07 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.075 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 29 Algeria 0.08 LSU/ha compare
- 29 Burkina Faso 0.08 LSU/ha compare
- 29 Kenya 0.08 LSU/ha compare
- 29 Romania 0.08 LSU/ha compare
- 29 Uzbekistan 0.08 LSU/ha compare
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 potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.55 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 2.7 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 53 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 17 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 242.86 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Faroe Islands?
- Sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Faroe Islands was 0.08 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.08 LSU/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.07 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Faroe Islands ranks 29th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 — 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.