Sheep — Share in total livestock in New Zealand
New Zealand: Sheep — Share in total livestock was 21.44 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Share in total livestock in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 21.44 %LSU for sheep — share in total livestock in 2023.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — share in total livestock in New Zealand peaked at 49.67 %LSU in 1983 and was at its lowest, 21.33 %LSU, in 2021.
New Zealand ranks 24th of 180 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.6 %LSU | 42.87 %LSU | 45.84 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 42.21 %LSU | 39.18 %LSU | 46.05 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.44 %LSU | 44.94 %LSU | 49.67 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.02 %LSU | 34.95 %LSU | 43.26 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.11 %LSU | 25.87 %LSU | 33.47 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.74 %LSU | 22.05 %LSU | 26.15 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.51 %LSU | 21.33 %LSU | 21.66 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 21 Mongolia 23.67 %LSU compare
- 22 Yemen, Republic of 21.76 %LSU compare
- 23 Montenegro 21.49 %LSU compare
- 25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.9 %LSU compare
- 26 Australia and New Zealand 20.2 %LSU compare
- 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.09 %LSU compare
More environment data for New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 341,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.38 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 15,836 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 21,938 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 175,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 276,479 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 279,819 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — share in total livestock in New Zealand?
- Sheep — share in total livestock in New Zealand was 21.44 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 49.67 %LSU in 1983.
- What is the lowest sheep — share in total livestock recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.33 %LSU in 2021.
- How does New Zealand rank for sheep — share in total livestock?
- New Zealand ranks 24th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — share in total livestock rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.