Sheep — Share in total livestock in Jordan

Jordan: Sheep — Share in total livestock was 33.96 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
33.96 %LSU
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
8th
of 192 countries
All-time high
46.47 %LSU
in 1993
All-time low
19.39 %LSU
in 1976
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Sheep — Share in total livestock in Jordan, 1961–2023

01020304050196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.

Analysis

Jordan recorded 33.96 %LSU for sheep — share in total livestock in 2023.

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — share in total livestock in Jordan peaked at 46.47 %LSU in 1993 and was at its lowest, 19.39 %LSU, in 1976.

Jordan ranks 8th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 31.02 %LSU 26.49 %LSU 38.17 %LSU 9
1970s 24.41 %LSU 19.39 %LSU 27.64 %LSU 10
1980s 30.8 %LSU 27.42 %LSU 38.39 %LSU 10
1990s 39.16 %LSU 31.76 %LSU 46.47 %LSU 10
2000s 31.84 %LSU 27.27 %LSU 37.42 %LSU 10
2010s 35.83 %LSU 32.61 %LSU 39.74 %LSU 10
2020s 35.27 %LSU 33.96 %LSU 37.24 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Jordan

  1. 5 Greece 43.27 %LSU compare
  2. 6 Palestine 41.93 %LSU compare
  3. 7 Turkmenistan 38.45 %LSU compare
  4. 9 Equatorial Guinea 31.51 %LSU compare
  5. 10 Lesotho 29.61 %LSU compare
  6. 11 Saudi Arabia 28.45 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 227 places →

More environment data for Jordan

All data for Jordan →

Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — share in total livestock in Jordan?
Sheep — share in total livestock in Jordan was 33.96 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Jordan?
The highest recorded value was 46.47 %LSU in 1993.
What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Jordan?
The lowest recorded value was 19.39 %LSU in 1976.
How does Jordan rank for sheep — share in total livestock?
Jordan ranks 8th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in Jordan?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Jordan 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

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.