Sheep — Share in total livestock in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Sheep — Share in total livestock was 87.25 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Share in total livestock in Faroe Islands, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 87.25 %LSU for sheep — share in total livestock in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands peaked at 87.66 %LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 79.24 %LSU, in 1962.
That places Faroe Islands 1st out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep — Share in total livestock in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 79.32 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 79.24 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 80.2 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 81.6 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 81.94 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 81.93 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 82.29 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 82.21 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 81.83 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 81.86 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 81.03 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 82.81 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 83.43 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 83.76 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 83.86 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 84.71 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 85.12 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 86.68 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 85.71 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 84.54 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 83.51 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 82.98 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 82.72 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 83.23 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 84.42 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 84.35 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 84.64 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 84.71 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 84.71 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 84.36 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 84.88 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 84.94 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 84.21 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 83.13 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 83.02 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 83.46 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 83.33 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 84.08 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 83.81 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 83.11 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 82.72 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 82.56 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 82.56 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 82.9 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 84.17 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 84.56 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 84.41 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 85.12 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 84.73 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 85.06 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 85.49 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 86 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 85.72 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 86.23 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 86.63 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 87.08 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 86.81 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 87.09 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 87.66 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 87.57 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 87.3 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 86.33 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 87.25 %LSU | +1.1% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 87.25 %LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 5.39 %LSU, 16.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 87.25 %LSU is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8.72 %LSU, 10.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.17 %LSU | 79.24 %LSU | 82.29 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 83.9 %LSU | 81.03 %LSU | 86.68 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.98 %LSU | 82.72 %LSU | 84.71 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 83.92 %LSU | 83.02 %LSU | 84.94 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.68 %LSU | 82.56 %LSU | 85.12 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.38 %LSU | 85.06 %LSU | 87.66 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.11 %LSU | 86.33 %LSU | 87.57 %LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 5 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.32 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 71.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0.09 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.75 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands?
- Sheep — share in total livestock in Faroe Islands was 87.25 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 87.66 %LSU in 2019.
- What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.24 %LSU in 1962.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for sheep — share in total livestock?
- Faroe Islands ranks 1st out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.