Sheep — Share in total livestock in Malta
Malta: Sheep — Share in total livestock was 7.88 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Share in total livestock in Malta, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Malta recorded 7.88 %LSU for sheep — share in total livestock in 2023.
The figure is down 9.9% on the previous year and up 122.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — share in total livestock in Malta peaked at 8.75 %LSU in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.27 %LSU, in 1985.
That places Malta 78th out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.89 %LSU | 3.37 %LSU | 5.6 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.73 %LSU | 1.85 %LSU | 3.44 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.51 %LSU | 1.27 %LSU | 2.19 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.79 %LSU | 3.39 %LSU | 4.32 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.08 %LSU | 2.1 %LSU | 3.86 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.48 %LSU | 3.39 %LSU | 7.58 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.11 %LSU | 4.82 %LSU | 8.75 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 75 Spain 8.66 %LSU compare
- 76 Ethiopia PDR 8.26 %LSU compare
- 77 Côte d'Ivoire 8.24 %LSU compare
- 79 Guinea-Bissau 7.86 %LSU compare
- 80 Ethiopia 7.81 %LSU compare
- 81 Grenada 7.8 %LSU compare
More environment data for Malta
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 35.01 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2.81 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 12.96 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1.04 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 87.04 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 6.98 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 25.45 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 8.02 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — share in total livestock in Malta?
- Sheep — share in total livestock in Malta was 7.88 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 8.75 %LSU in 2022.
- What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.27 %LSU in 1985.
- How does Malta rank for sheep — share in total livestock?
- Malta ranks 78th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.