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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
193
Highest
87.25 %LSU
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 %LSU
Republic of Korea
Median
5.78 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,936

What the numbers show

Sheep — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 87.25 %LSU in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 %LSU in Republic of Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.78 %LSU, and the mean is 9.78 %LSU.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 101 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
1 Syrian Arab Republic 64.46 %LSU 2023 up 10.8% rising
2 Libya 45.66 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% rising
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23.4 %LSU 2023 up 16.6% falling
3 Algeria 43.32 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% rising
3 Türkiye 20.41 %LSU 2023 up 20.8% falling
4 Greece 43.27 %LSU 2023 up 20.9% rising
5 Palestine 41.93 %LSU 2023 up 3.6% rising
6 Turkmenistan 38.45 %LSU 2023 down 12.5% falling
7 Jordan 33.96 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.99 %LSU 2023 down 31.2% falling
8 Equatorial Guinea 31.51 %LSU 2023 down 1.2% falling
8 Republic of Moldova 5.78 %LSU 2023 down 45.4% falling
9 Lesotho 29.61 %LSU 2023 up 21.3% falling
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.06 %LSU 2023 down 23.4% flat
10 Saudi Arabia 28.45 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% falling
10 United Republic of Tanzania 4.04 %LSU 2023 down 20.2% falling
11 Mauritania 27.69 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27.65 %LSU 2023 up 79.3% falling
12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.13 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% falling
13 Morocco 26.88 %LSU 2023 up 4.8% rising
13 Melanesia 0.54 %LSU 2023 up 100.0% volatile
14 Romania 26.83 %LSU 2023 up 43.2% rising
14 Côte d'Ivoire 8.24 %LSU 2023 down 15.9% falling
14 Timor-Leste 0.51 %LSU 2023 down 73.8% falling
15 Albania 26.44 %LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.43 %LSU 2023 up 7.5% rising
16 Kyrgyzstan 26.04 %LSU 2023 down 2.0% falling
16 Polynesia 0.04 %LSU 2023 up 33.3% volatile
17 Azerbaijan 26.02 %LSU 2023 down 8.2% flat
18 North Macedonia 25.6 %LSU 2023 up 5.5% falling
19 Tunisia 24.77 %LSU 2023 down 9.2% falling
20 Iceland 24.06 %LSU 2023 down 14.7% falling
21 Mongolia 23.67 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% flat
22 Yemen 21.76 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
22 Cabo Verde 3.31 %LSU 2023 up 87.0% volatile
23 Montenegro 21.49 %LSU 2023 down 8.2% falling
24 New Zealand 21.44 %LSU 2023 down 12.6% falling
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.9 %LSU 2023 down 2.9% rising
25 Caribbean 1.82 %LSU 2023 down 22.2% volatile
26 Australia and New Zealand 20.2 %LSU 2023 down 7.8% falling
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.09 %LSU 2023 up 50.9% rising
28 Australia 19.81 %LSU 2023 down 5.7% falling
29 Kazakhstan 19.01 %LSU 2023 down 13.6% falling
30 Cyprus 18.81 %LSU 2022 up 16.6% falling
31 Bahrain 17.82 %LSU 2023 up 8.5% volatile
32 Afghanistan 17.52 %LSU 2023 down 10.2% falling
32 Nigeria 17.52 %LSU 2023 up 4.8% rising
34 Gabon 17.13 %LSU 2023 up 3.6% rising
35 Uzbekistan 17.07 %LSU 2023 up 3.6% falling
36 United Arab Emirates 17.05 %LSU 2023 down 21.2% rising
37 Senegal 16.69 %LSU 2023 up 4.8% rising
38 Bulgaria 16.13 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% falling
39 South Africa 16 %LSU 2023 down 2.3% falling
40 Iraq 15.97 %LSU 2023 down 11.4% falling
41 Mali 15.95 %LSU 2023 up 16.8% rising
42 Tajikistan 15.87 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% falling
43 Norway 15.8 %LSU 2023 down 2.9% rising
44 Sudan (former) 15.77 %LSU 2011 up 3.9% rising
45 Ghana 15.73 %LSU 2023 down 3.3% flat
46 Djibouti 15.3 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% falling
47 Qatar 14.7 %LSU 2023 down 20.6% falling
48 Armenia 14.55 %LSU 2023 up 23.5% falling
49 Sudan 13.77 %LSU 2023 down 0.7% flat
50 Eritrea 13.72 %LSU 2023 up 2.8% rising
51 South Sudan 13.69 %LSU 2023 down 22.3% falling
52 Burkina Faso 13.54 %LSU 2023 up 18.3% rising
53 Serbia 13.15 %LSU 2023 up 38.4% rising
54 Togo 12.82 %LSU 2023 down 33.9% falling
55 Chad 12.69 %LSU 2023 up 15.2% rising
56 Yugoslav SFR 12.66 %LSU 1991 up 13.6% falling
57 Liberia 12.56 %LSU 2023 down 0.7% falling
58 Peru 12.26 %LSU 2023 down 14.7% falling
59 USSR 11.67 %LSU 1991 down 7.5% falling
60 Benin 11.33 %LSU 2023 up 111.8% falling
61 Kenya 11.27 %LSU 2023 up 6.6% rising
62 Georgia 11.14 %LSU 2023 up 54.3% rising
63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.58 %LSU 2023 up 24.3% rising
64 Somalia 10.55 %LSU 2023 down 15.5% flat
65 Portugal 10.19 %LSU 2023 up 17.9% falling
66 Kuwait 10.01 %LSU 2023 up 2.9% falling
67 Niger 9.93 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% rising
68 Sierra Leone 9.83 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
69 Serbia and Montenegro 9.67 %LSU 2005 up 2.4% falling
70 Namibia 9.63 %LSU 2023 down 19.3% falling
71 Antigua and Barbuda 8.82 %LSU 2023 down 32.1% rising
72 Croatia 8.79 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% rising
73 Spain 8.66 %LSU 2023 down 16.7% falling
74 Ethiopia PDR 8.26 %LSU 1992 down 15.5% falling
75 Malta 7.88 %LSU 2023 up 122.6% rising
76 Guinea-Bissau 7.86 %LSU 2023 down 4.6% rising
77 Ethiopia 7.81 %LSU 2023 up 7.4% rising
78 Grenada 7.8 %LSU 2023 down 36.1% flat
79 Russian Federation 7.53 %LSU 2023 down 16.5% rising
80 Italy 7.44 %LSU 2023 up 4.9% rising
81 Oman 7.33 %LSU 2023 up 1.0% rising
82 China, mainland 7.24 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% falling
83 Cameroon 7.22 %LSU 2023 up 14.2% falling
84 China 7.17 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% falling
85 Gambia 6.97 %LSU 2023 up 83.9% falling
86 Guinea 6.54 %LSU 2023 up 7.9% rising
87 Dominica 6.35 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% flat
88 Uruguay 6.11 %LSU 2023 down 29.9% falling
89 Slovakia 6.02 %LSU 2023 down 11.1% rising
90 OECD 5.87 %LSU 2023 down 2.2% falling
91 Martinique 5.82 %LSU 2006 down 52.8% rising
92 Hungary 5.71 %LSU 2023 down 18.9% falling
93 Ireland 5.67 %LSU 2023 down 17.1% rising
94 Comoros 5.43 %LSU 2023 up 5.0% rising
95 Israel 5.39 %LSU 2023 down 21.5% rising
96 Saint Lucia 5.09 %LSU 2023 down 3.6% falling
97 Lebanon 5.02 %LSU 2023 down 14.2% falling
98 Burundi 4.98 %LSU 2023 up 41.5% flat
99 Congo 4.8 %LSU 2023 up 2.6% falling
100 Uganda 4.41 %LSU 2023 up 87.7% falling
101 India 4.14 %LSU 2023 up 8.1% rising
102 Cuba 4.05 %LSU 2023 down 23.3% volatile
103 Pakistan 3.85 %LSU 2023 down 25.1% falling
104 Botswana 3.53 %LSU 2023 up 73.0% rising
105 Chile 3.29 %LSU 2023 down 62.5% falling
106 Guyana 3.15 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% rising
107 France 3.12 %LSU 2023 up 4.3% falling
108 Slovenia 3.08 %LSU 2023 up 10.0% rising
109 Argentina 2.87 %LSU 2023 down 16.8% falling
109 Egypt 2.87 %LSU 2023 down 52.4% flat
111 Rwanda 2.86 %LSU 2023 down 58.2% falling
112 Indonesia 2.79 %LSU 2023 down 39.3% falling
113 Angola 2.69 %LSU 2023 down 6.3% rising
114 Sao Tome and Principe 2.64 %LSU 2023 down 10.2% falling
115 Estonia 2.29 %LSU 2023 down 18.2% rising
116 Latvia 2.13 %LSU 2023 down 0.5% rising
117 Sweden 2.12 %LSU 2023 down 23.2% rising
118 Lithuania 2.07 %LSU 2023 up 89.9% volatile
119 Barbados 2.01 %LSU 2023 down 20.2% volatile
120 Bangladesh 1.97 %LSU 2023 up 11.3% volatile
121 Mexico 1.95 %LSU 2023 down 7.1% falling
122 Madagascar 1.93 %LSU 2023 up 34.0% rising
123 Czechoslovakia 1.91 %LSU 1992 up 1.6% rising
124 Switzerland 1.88 %LSU 2023 down 9.6% rising
125 Fiji 1.85 %LSU 2023 up 208.3% volatile
126 Bahamas 1.83 %LSU 2023 down 6.6% volatile
127 Austria 1.68 %LSU 2023 up 27.3% rising
128 Haiti 1.59 %LSU 2023 up 87.1% rising
129 Belize 1.58 %LSU 2023 up 28.5% rising
130 Guatemala 1.43 %LSU 2023 down 11.2% volatile
131 Central African Republic 1.31 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
132 Czechia 1.28 %LSU 2023 down 14.1% rising
133 Zimbabwe 1.27 %LSU 2023 up 60.8% falling
134 Ecuador 1.17 %LSU 2023 down 5.6% volatile
135 Ukraine 1.16 %LSU 2023 down 23.7% falling
136 Mozambique 1.1 %LSU 2023 down 18.5% falling
137 Brazil 1.08 %LSU 2023 up 10.2% falling
138 Finland 1.05 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
139 French Guiana 1.01 %LSU 2006 down 59.4% falling
140 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.94 %LSU 2023 down 28.8% rising
141 Germany 0.91 %LSU 2023 down 2.2% falling
142 Malawi 0.84 %LSU 2023 down 37.3% falling
142 Puerto Rico 0.84 %LSU 2023 up 104.9% volatile
144 Nepal 0.79 %LSU 2023 down 21.8% falling
145 Suriname 0.76 %LSU 2023 up 15.2% rising
146 Canada 0.75 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% rising
147 Zambia 0.71 %LSU 2023 down 14.5% rising
148 Colombia 0.67 %LSU 2023 up 86.1% falling
149 Dominican Republic 0.53 %LSU 2023 down 13.1% rising
150 Bhutan 0.52 %LSU 2023 up 13.0% falling
151 Eswatini 0.48 %LSU 2023 up 9.1% falling
152 Luxembourg 0.47 %LSU 2022 up 11.9% flat
153 Myanmar 0.45 %LSU 2023 down 19.6% rising
154 Guadeloupe 0.4 %LSU 2006 down 24.5% falling
155 Trinidad and Tobago 0.39 %LSU 2023 down 29.1% volatile
156 Denmark 0.35 %LSU 2023 up 9.4% rising
156 Malaysia 0.35 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% volatile
158 Poland 0.33 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
159 Paraguay 0.32 %LSU 2023 down 27.3% falling
160 New Caledonia 0.3 %LSU 2023 down 3.2% falling
161 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.29 %LSU 1999 down 17.1% rising
162 Belgium 0.27 %LSU 2022 down 3.6% falling
163 French Polynesia 0.25 %LSU 2023 down 3.8% volatile
164 Mauritius 0.22 %LSU 2023 up 37.5% volatile
165 Brunei Darussalam 0.21 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
166 Belarus 0.17 %LSU 2023 up 13.3% volatile
167 Papua New Guinea 0.14 %LSU 2023 down 6.7% volatile
168 Sri Lanka 0.13 %LSU 2023 up 30.0% falling
169 El Salvador 0.07 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
170 Honduras 0.06 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
170 Réunion 0.06 %LSU 2006 down 53.8% volatile
172 Thailand 0.05 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
173 Jamaica 0.04 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
173 Philippines 0.04 %LSU 2023 up 33.3% falling
175 Japan 0.02 %LSU 2023 up 100.0% volatile
175 Nicaragua 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
177 Costa Rica 0.01 %LSU 2023 down 50.0% rising
178 Republic of Korea 0 %LSU 2023 — volatile

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

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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
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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.