What is sheep — share in total livestock in Mauritania?

Sheep — share in total livestock in Mauritania was 27.69 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Mauritania?

The highest recorded value was 28.17 %LSU in 2015.

What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Mauritania?

The lowest recorded value was 16.24 %LSU in 1964.

How does Mauritania rank for sheep — share in total livestock?

Mauritania ranks 12th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.

Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in Mauritania?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Mauritania 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.

Sheep — Share in total livestock in Mauritania

Name: Sheep — Share in total livestock in Mauritania
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Mauritania: Sheep — Share in total livestock was 27.69 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

27.69 %LSU

Change on year

up 1.8%

World rank

12th

of 192 countries

All-time high

28.17 %LSU

in 2015

All-time low

16.24 %LSU

in 1964

Years of data

1961–2023

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

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

Analysis

In 2023, sheep — share in total livestock in Mauritania stood at 27.69 %LSU.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — share in total livestock in Mauritania peaked at 28.17 %LSU in 2015 and was at its lowest, 16.24 %LSU, in 1964.

That places Mauritania 12th 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	16.71 %LSU	16.24 %LSU	17.84 %LSU	9
1970s	21.9 %LSU	19.19 %LSU	25.36 %LSU	10
1980s	22.31 %LSU	20.1 %LSU	26.37 %LSU	10
1990s	23.4 %LSU	22.16 %LSU	25.42 %LSU	10
2000s	25.68 %LSU	24.78 %LSU	26.38 %LSU	10
2010s	26.54 %LSU	24.16 %LSU	28.17 %LSU	10
2020s	27.08 %LSU	26.54 %LSU	27.69 %LSU	4

Countries ranked near Mauritania

9 Equatorial Guinea 31.51 %LSU compare
10 Lesotho 29.61 %LSU compare
11 Saudi Arabia 28.45 %LSU compare
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27.65 %LSU compare
14 Morocco 26.88 %LSU compare
15 Romania 26.83 %LSU compare

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More environment data for Mauritania

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 9.78 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 45.01 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 38.08 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 98.84 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 39,250 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 10 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 1.13 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 450 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — share in total livestock in Mauritania?: Sheep — share in total livestock in Mauritania was 27.69 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Mauritania?: The highest recorded value was 28.17 %LSU in 2015.
What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in Mauritania?: The lowest recorded value was 16.24 %LSU in 1964.
How does Mauritania rank for sheep — share in total livestock?: Mauritania ranks 12th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in Mauritania?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Mauritania 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: 12 August 2026

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.