What is the highest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Sierra Leone?

The highest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023.

What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Sierra Leone?

The lowest recorded value was 0 LSU/ha in 2001.

How does Sierra Leone rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?

Sierra Leone ranks 77th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.

Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Sierra Leone?

Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Sierra Leone 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.

Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Sierra Leone

Name: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Sierra Leone
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Sierra Leone: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.03 LSU/ha

Change on year

up 50.0%

World rank

77th

of 180 countries

All-time high

0.03 LSU/ha

in 2023

All-time low

0 LSU/ha

in 2001

Years of data

1961–2023

Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Sierra Leone, 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 Sierra Leone is 0.03 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 50.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 LSU/ha, in 2001.

That places Sierra Leone 77th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Sierra Leone, year by year

Annual values for Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2023.
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	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1979	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1980	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1981	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1982	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1983	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1984	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1985	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1986	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1987	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1988	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1989	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1990	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1991	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1992	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1993	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1994	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1995	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1996	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1997	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1998	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
1999	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2000	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2001	0 LSU/ha	-100.0%
2002	0 LSU/ha	—
2003	0.01 LSU/ha	—
2004	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2005	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2006	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2007	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2008	0.01 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2009	0.02 LSU/ha	+100.0%
2010	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2011	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2012	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2013	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2014	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2015	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2016	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2017	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2018	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2019	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2020	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2021	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2022	0.02 LSU/ha	+0.0%
2023	0.03 LSU/ha	+50.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	9
1970s	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	10
1980s	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	10
1990s	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	0.01 LSU/ha	10
2000s	0.009 LSU/ha	0 LSU/ha	0.02 LSU/ha	10
2010s	0.02 LSU/ha	0.02 LSU/ha	0.02 LSU/ha	10
2020s	0.0225 LSU/ha	0.02 LSU/ha	0.03 LSU/ha	4

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

77 Afghanistan 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Brunei Darussalam 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Burundi 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Djibouti 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Dominica 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Eritrea 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Gambia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Indonesia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Mauritania 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Mongolia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Niger 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Serbia and Montenegro 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Trinidad and Tobago 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Uganda 0.03 LSU/ha compare
77 Australia and New Zealand 0.03 LSU/ha compare

See the full ranking of 227 places →

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Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
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Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0001 t per person (2024)
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Other paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Sierra Leone?: Sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone?: The highest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023.
What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Sierra Leone?: The lowest recorded value was 0 LSU/ha in 2001.
How does Sierra Leone rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?: Sierra Leone ranks 77th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Sierra Leone?: Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sierra Leone 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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Indicator: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit: LSU/ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 227 places, 12,936 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.