Sheep — Share in total livestock in Greece
Greece: Sheep — Share in total livestock was 43.27 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Share in total livestock in Greece, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Greece recorded 43.27 %LSU for sheep — share in total livestock in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — share in total livestock in Greece peaked at 45.22 %LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 25.4 %LSU, in 1967.
That places Greece 5th out of 192 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.71 %LSU | 25.4 %LSU | 27.86 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 26.48 %LSU | 25.61 %LSU | 27.35 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.07 %LSU | 27.79 %LSU | 32.27 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.95 %LSU | 32.77 %LSU | 34.54 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.5 %LSU | 34.22 %LSU | 35.22 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.11 %LSU | 35.43 %LSU | 45.22 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.35 %LSU | 41.83 %LSU | 43.27 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More environment data for Greece
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 69.29 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,001 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 306 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 16.5 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 42.41 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,127 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 21.01 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,053 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 36.58 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,835 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — share in total livestock in Greece?
- Sheep — share in total livestock in Greece was 43.27 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 45.22 %LSU in 2019.
- What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.4 %LSU in 1967.
- How does Greece rank for sheep — share in total livestock?
- Greece ranks 5th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.