Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in World
World: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area in World, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
World recorded 0.03 LSU/ha for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in World peaked at 0.03 LSU/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.02 LSU/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.021 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.021 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.024 LSU/ha | 0.02 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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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in World?
- Sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area in World 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- World ranks 4th out of 10 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.