Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho
Lesotho: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho, 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 Lesotho is 0.06 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 40.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho peaked at 0.1 LSU/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1998.
That places Lesotho 38th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0567 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.049 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.045 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0625 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More environment data for Lesotho
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 3,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 3,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 48 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 11 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 26 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 42 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 2,883 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 4,198 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho?
- Sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Lesotho was 0.06 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1 LSU/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1998.
- How does Lesotho rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Lesotho ranks 38th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.