Sheep — Share in total livestock in Central Asia
Central Asia: Sheep — Share in total livestock was 20.92 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Share in total livestock in Central Asia, 1992–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Central Asia recorded 20.92 %LSU for sheep — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — share in total livestock in Central Asia peaked at 28.74 %LSU in 1993 and was at its lowest, 20.92 %LSU, in 2023.
Central Asia ranks 2nd of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Sheep — Share in total livestock in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 28.48 %LSU | — |
| 1993 | 28.74 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 28.32 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 25.85 %LSU | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 24.7 %LSU | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 22.84 %LSU | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 22.45 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 22.4 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 22.42 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 22.38 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 23.09 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 23.81 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 23.12 %LSU | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 23.13 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 23.34 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 23.17 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 23.46 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 22.76 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 22.8 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 22.8 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 23.04 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 22.83 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 22.54 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 22.28 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 21.61 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 21.45 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 21.32 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 21.83 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 21.47 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 21.11 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 21.03 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 20.92 %LSU | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.47 %LSU | 22.4 %LSU | 28.74 %LSU | 8 |
| 2000s | 23.07 %LSU | 22.38 %LSU | 23.81 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.25 %LSU | 21.32 %LSU | 23.04 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.13 %LSU | 20.92 %LSU | 21.47 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
More environment data for Central Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.724 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 3.05 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 89,684 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 339,499 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 60,266 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 338,315 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 74.52 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — share in total livestock in Central Asia?
- Sheep — share in total livestock in Central Asia was 20.92 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.74 %LSU in 1993.
- What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.92 %LSU in 2023.
- How does Central Asia rank for sheep — share in total livestock?
- Central Asia ranks 2nd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep — Share in total livestock. 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.