Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 0.03 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 0.03 LSU/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.01 LSU/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1979 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.01 LSU/ha | -50.0% |
| 1987 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1988 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 2011 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.012 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 836,181 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.08 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 2.04 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.79 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 0.03 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 5th out of 16 regions with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.