Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain
Spain: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.05 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain stood at 0.05 LSU/ha. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain peaked at 0.08 LSU/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.05 LSU/ha, in 1972.
That places Spain 44th out of 180 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0611 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.052 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.078 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.078 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 44 Bahamas 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Benin 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Egypt 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Ghana 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Italy 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Kyrgyzstan 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Libya 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Mali 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Martinique 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 North Macedonia 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Oman 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Peru 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Serbia 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 South Sudan 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Togo 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 44 Yugoslav SFR 0.05 LSU/ha compare
More environment data for Spain
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 4.46 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.70 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 166,071 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 130,048 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.80 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.80 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 2.02 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain?
- Sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in Spain was 0.05 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.08 LSU/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 LSU/ha in 1972.
- How does Spain rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Spain ranks 44th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.