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Sheep — Share in total livestock by country

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...

Countries reporting
192
Highest
87.25 %LSU
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 %LSU
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
5.75 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,936

What the numbers show

Sheep — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 87.25 %LSU in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 %LSU in China, Taiwan Province of.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.75 %LSU, and the mean is 9.74 %LSU.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 208.3%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 73.8%).

Sheep — Share in total livestock: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 87.25 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% rising
2 Syrian Arab Republic 64.46 %LSU 2023 up 10.8% rising
3 Libya 45.66 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% rising
4 Algeria 43.32 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% rising
5 Greece 43.27 %LSU 2023 up 20.9% rising
6 Palestine 41.93 %LSU 2023 up 3.6% rising
7 Turkmenistan 38.45 %LSU 2023 down 12.5% falling
8 Jordan 33.96 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
9 Equatorial Guinea 31.51 %LSU 2023 down 1.2% falling
10 Lesotho 29.61 %LSU 2023 up 21.3% falling
11 Saudi Arabia 28.45 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% falling
12 Mauritania 27.69 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27.65 %LSU 2023 up 79.3% falling
14 Morocco 26.88 %LSU 2023 up 4.8% rising
15 Romania 26.83 %LSU 2023 up 43.2% rising
16 Albania 26.44 %LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
17 Kyrgyzstan 26.04 %LSU 2023 down 2.0% falling
18 Azerbaijan 26.02 %LSU 2023 down 8.2% flat
19 North Macedonia 25.6 %LSU 2023 up 5.5% falling
20 Tunisia 24.77 %LSU 2023 down 9.2% falling
21 Iceland 24.06 %LSU 2023 down 14.7% falling
22 Mongolia 23.67 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% flat
23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23.4 %LSU 2023 up 16.6% falling
24 Yemen 21.76 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
25 Montenegro 21.49 %LSU 2023 down 8.2% falling
26 New Zealand 21.44 %LSU 2023 down 12.6% falling
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.9 %LSU 2023 down 2.9% rising
28 Türkiye 20.41 %LSU 2023 up 20.8% falling
29 Australia and New Zealand 20.2 %LSU 2023 down 7.8% falling
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.09 %LSU 2023 up 50.9% rising
31 Australia 19.81 %LSU 2023 down 5.7% falling
32 Kazakhstan 19.01 %LSU 2023 down 13.6% falling
33 Cyprus 18.81 %LSU 2022 up 16.6% falling
34 Bahrain 17.82 %LSU 2023 up 8.5% volatile
35 Afghanistan 17.52 %LSU 2023 down 10.2% falling
35 Nigeria 17.52 %LSU 2023 up 4.8% rising
37 Gabon 17.13 %LSU 2023 up 3.6% rising
38 Uzbekistan 17.07 %LSU 2023 up 3.6% falling
39 United Arab Emirates 17.05 %LSU 2023 down 21.2% rising
40 Senegal 16.69 %LSU 2023 up 4.8% rising
41 Bulgaria 16.13 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% falling
42 Iraq 15.97 %LSU 2023 down 11.4% falling
43 Mali 15.95 %LSU 2023 up 16.8% rising
44 Tajikistan 15.87 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% falling
45 Norway 15.8 %LSU 2023 down 2.9% rising
46 Sudan (former) 15.77 %LSU 2011 up 3.9% rising
47 Ghana 15.73 %LSU 2023 down 3.3% flat
48 Djibouti 15.3 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% falling
49 Qatar 14.7 %LSU 2023 down 20.6% falling
50 Armenia 14.55 %LSU 2023 up 23.5% falling
51 Sudan 13.77 %LSU 2023 down 0.7% flat
52 Eritrea 13.72 %LSU 2023 up 2.8% rising
53 South Sudan 13.69 %LSU 2023 down 22.3% falling
54 Burkina Faso 13.54 %LSU 2023 up 18.3% rising
55 Serbia 13.15 %LSU 2023 up 38.4% rising
56 Togo 12.82 %LSU 2023 down 33.9% falling
57 Chad 12.69 %LSU 2023 up 15.2% rising
58 Yugoslav SFR 12.66 %LSU 1991 up 13.6% falling
59 Liberia 12.56 %LSU 2023 down 0.7% falling
60 Peru 12.26 %LSU 2023 down 14.7% falling
61 USSR 11.67 %LSU 1991 down 7.5% falling
62 Benin 11.33 %LSU 2023 up 111.8% falling
63 Kenya 11.27 %LSU 2023 up 6.6% rising
64 Georgia 11.14 %LSU 2023 up 54.3% rising
65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.58 %LSU 2023 up 24.3% rising
66 Somalia 10.55 %LSU 2023 down 15.5% flat
67 Portugal 10.19 %LSU 2023 up 17.9% falling
68 Kuwait 10.01 %LSU 2023 up 2.9% falling
69 Niger 9.93 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% rising
70 Sierra Leone 9.83 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
71 Serbia and Montenegro 9.67 %LSU 2005 up 2.4% falling
72 Namibia 9.63 %LSU 2023 down 19.3% falling
73 Antigua and Barbuda 8.82 %LSU 2023 down 32.1% rising
74 Croatia 8.79 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% rising
75 Spain 8.66 %LSU 2023 down 16.7% falling
76 Ethiopia PDR 8.26 %LSU 1992 down 15.5% falling
77 Côte d'Ivoire 8.24 %LSU 2023 down 15.9% falling
78 Malta 7.88 %LSU 2023 up 122.6% rising
79 Guinea-Bissau 7.86 %LSU 2023 down 4.6% rising
80 Ethiopia 7.81 %LSU 2023 up 7.4% rising
81 Grenada 7.8 %LSU 2023 down 36.1% flat
82 Russian Federation 7.53 %LSU 2023 down 16.5% rising
83 Italy 7.44 %LSU 2023 up 4.9% rising
84 Oman 7.33 %LSU 2023 up 1.0% rising
85 China, mainland 7.24 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% falling
86 Cameroon 7.22 %LSU 2023 up 14.2% falling
87 China 7.17 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% falling
88 Gambia 6.97 %LSU 2023 up 83.9% falling
89 Guinea 6.54 %LSU 2023 up 7.9% rising
90 Dominica 6.35 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% flat
91 Uruguay 6.11 %LSU 2023 down 29.9% falling
92 Slovakia 6.02 %LSU 2023 down 11.1% rising
93 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.99 %LSU 2023 down 31.2% falling
94 OECD 5.87 %LSU 2023 down 2.2% falling
95 Martinique 5.82 %LSU 2006 down 52.8% rising
96 Republic of Moldova 5.78 %LSU 2023 down 45.4% falling
97 Hungary 5.71 %LSU 2023 down 18.9% falling
98 Ireland 5.67 %LSU 2023 down 17.1% rising
99 Comoros 5.43 %LSU 2023 up 5.0% rising
100 Israel 5.39 %LSU 2023 down 21.5% rising
101 Saint Lucia 5.09 %LSU 2023 down 3.6% falling
102 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.06 %LSU 2023 down 23.4% flat
103 Lebanon 5.02 %LSU 2023 down 14.2% falling
104 Burundi 4.98 %LSU 2023 up 41.5% flat
105 Congo 4.8 %LSU 2023 up 2.6% falling
106 Uganda 4.41 %LSU 2023 up 87.7% falling
107 India 4.14 %LSU 2023 up 8.1% rising
108 Cuba 4.05 %LSU 2023 down 23.3% volatile
109 United Republic of Tanzania 4.04 %LSU 2023 down 20.2% falling
110 Pakistan 3.85 %LSU 2023 down 25.1% falling
111 Botswana 3.53 %LSU 2023 up 73.0% rising
112 Cabo Verde 3.31 %LSU 2023 up 87.0% volatile
113 Chile 3.29 %LSU 2023 down 62.5% falling
114 Guyana 3.15 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% rising
115 France 3.12 %LSU 2023 up 4.3% falling
116 Slovenia 3.08 %LSU 2023 up 10.0% rising
117 Argentina 2.87 %LSU 2023 down 16.8% falling
117 Egypt 2.87 %LSU 2023 down 52.4% flat
119 Rwanda 2.86 %LSU 2023 down 58.2% falling
120 Indonesia 2.79 %LSU 2023 down 39.3% falling
121 Angola 2.69 %LSU 2023 down 6.3% rising
122 Sao Tome and Principe 2.64 %LSU 2023 down 10.2% falling
123 Estonia 2.29 %LSU 2023 down 18.2% rising
124 Latvia 2.13 %LSU 2023 down 0.5% rising
125 Sweden 2.12 %LSU 2023 down 23.2% rising
126 Lithuania 2.07 %LSU 2023 up 89.9% volatile
127 Barbados 2.01 %LSU 2023 down 20.2% volatile
128 Bangladesh 1.97 %LSU 2023 up 11.3% volatile
129 Mexico 1.95 %LSU 2023 down 7.1% falling
130 Madagascar 1.93 %LSU 2023 up 34.0% rising
131 Czechoslovakia 1.91 %LSU 1992 up 1.6% rising
132 Switzerland 1.88 %LSU 2023 down 9.6% rising
133 Fiji 1.85 %LSU 2023 up 208.3% volatile
134 Bahamas 1.83 %LSU 2023 down 6.6% volatile
135 Caribbean 1.82 %LSU 2023 down 22.2% volatile
136 Austria 1.68 %LSU 2023 up 27.3% rising
137 Haiti 1.59 %LSU 2023 up 87.1% rising
138 Belize 1.58 %LSU 2023 up 28.5% rising
139 Guatemala 1.43 %LSU 2023 down 11.2% volatile
140 Czechia 1.28 %LSU 2023 down 14.1% rising
141 Zimbabwe 1.27 %LSU 2023 up 60.8% falling
142 Ecuador 1.17 %LSU 2023 down 5.6% volatile
143 Ukraine 1.16 %LSU 2023 down 23.7% falling
144 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.13 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% falling
145 Mozambique 1.1 %LSU 2023 down 18.5% falling
146 Brazil 1.08 %LSU 2023 up 10.2% falling
147 Finland 1.05 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
148 French Guiana 1.01 %LSU 2006 down 59.4% falling
149 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.94 %LSU 2023 down 28.8% rising
150 Germany 0.91 %LSU 2023 down 2.2% falling
151 Malawi 0.84 %LSU 2023 down 37.3% falling
151 Puerto Rico 0.84 %LSU 2023 up 104.9% volatile
153 Nepal 0.79 %LSU 2023 down 21.8% falling
154 Suriname 0.76 %LSU 2023 up 15.2% rising
155 Canada 0.75 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% rising
156 Zambia 0.71 %LSU 2023 down 14.5% rising
157 Colombia 0.67 %LSU 2023 up 86.1% falling
158 Melanesia 0.54 %LSU 2023 up 100.0% volatile
159 Dominican Republic 0.53 %LSU 2023 down 13.1% rising
160 Bhutan 0.52 %LSU 2023 up 13.0% falling
161 Timor-Leste 0.51 %LSU 2023 down 73.8% falling
162 Eswatini 0.48 %LSU 2023 up 9.1% falling
163 Luxembourg 0.47 %LSU 2022 up 11.9% flat
164 Myanmar 0.45 %LSU 2023 down 19.6% rising
165 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.43 %LSU 2023 up 7.5% rising
166 Guadeloupe 0.4 %LSU 2006 down 24.5% falling
167 Trinidad and Tobago 0.39 %LSU 2023 down 29.1% volatile
168 Denmark 0.35 %LSU 2023 up 9.4% rising
168 Malaysia 0.35 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% volatile
170 Poland 0.33 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
171 Paraguay 0.32 %LSU 2023 down 27.3% falling
172 New Caledonia 0.3 %LSU 2023 down 3.2% falling
173 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.29 %LSU 1999 down 17.1% rising
174 Belgium 0.27 %LSU 2022 down 3.6% falling
175 French Polynesia 0.25 %LSU 2023 down 3.8% volatile
176 Mauritius 0.22 %LSU 2023 up 37.5% volatile
177 Brunei Darussalam 0.21 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
178 Belarus 0.17 %LSU 2023 up 13.3% volatile
179 Papua New Guinea 0.14 %LSU 2023 down 6.7% volatile
180 Sri Lanka 0.13 %LSU 2023 up 30.0% falling
181 El Salvador 0.07 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
182 Honduras 0.06 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
183 Thailand 0.05 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
184 Jamaica 0.04 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
184 Philippines 0.04 %LSU 2023 up 33.3% falling
184 Polynesia 0.04 %LSU 2023 up 33.3% volatile
187 Japan 0.02 %LSU 2023 up 100.0% volatile
187 Nicaragua 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
189 Costa Rica 0.01 %LSU 2023 down 50.0% rising
190 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 %LSU 2023 — flat
190 Republic of Korea 0 %LSU 2023 — volatile
190 China, Taiwan Province of 0 %LSU 2023 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Sheep — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
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

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.