Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.04 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 0.04 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 0.04 LSU/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.01 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 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 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1967 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.01 LSU/ha | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1974 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0144 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.027 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.033 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 3 United Arab Emirates 0.53 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Kuwait 0.49 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Jordan 0.29 LSU/ha compare
- 6 Cyprus 0.28 LSU/ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 7 New Zealand 0.25 LSU/ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 0.02 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Norway 0.22 LSU/ha compare
- 8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.22 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 0.04 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 LSU/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.