Sheep — Share in total livestock in Latvia

Latvia: Sheep — Share in total livestock was 2.13 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
2.13 %LSU
Change on year
down 6.2%
World rank
124th
of 192 countries
All-time high
3.24 %LSU
in 2018
All-time low
0.71 %LSU
in 1999
Years of data
32
1992–2023

Sheep — Share in total livestock in Latvia, 1992–2023

1231992200720231992: 1.4 %LSU1993: 1.7 %LSU1994: 1.9 %LSU1995: 1.7 %LSU1996: 1.4 %LSU1997: 1.1 %LSU1998: 0.91 %LSU1999: 0.71 %LSU2000: 0.72 %LSU2001: 0.78 %LSU2002: 0.74 %LSU2003: 0.78 %LSU2004: 1 %LSU2005: 1 %LSU2006: 1.1 %LSU2007: 1.1 %LSU2008: 1.3 %LSU2009: 1.7 %LSU2010: 1.8 %LSU2011: 2 %LSU2012: 2.1 %LSU2013: 2.1 %LSU2014: 2.1 %LSU2015: 2.3 %LSU2016: 2.6 %LSU2017: 2.7 %LSU2018: 3.2 %LSU2019: 3 %LSU2020: 2.4 %LSU2021: 2.3 %LSU2022: 2.3 %LSU2023: 2.1 %LSU

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

Analysis

Latvia recorded 2.13 %LSU for sheep — share in total livestock in 2023.

That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — share in total livestock in Latvia peaked at 3.24 %LSU in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.71 %LSU, in 1999.

Latvia ranks 124th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.35 %LSU 0.71 %LSU 1.91 %LSU 8
2000s 1.02 %LSU 0.72 %LSU 1.73 %LSU 10
2010s 2.39 %LSU 1.83 %LSU 3.24 %LSU 10
2020s 2.27 %LSU 2.13 %LSU 2.37 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Latvia

  1. 121 Angola 2.69 %LSU compare
  2. 122 Sao Tome and Principe 2.64 %LSU compare
  3. 123 Estonia 2.29 %LSU compare
  4. 125 Sweden 2.12 %LSU compare
  5. 126 Lithuania 2.07 %LSU compare
  6. 127 Barbados 2.01 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 227 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — share in total livestock in Latvia?
Sheep — share in total livestock in Latvia was 2.13 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Latvia?
The highest recorded value was 3.24 %LSU in 2018.
What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Latvia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.71 %LSU in 1999.
How does Latvia rank for sheep — share in total livestock?
Latvia ranks 124th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in Latvia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Latvia 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

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.