Australia vs Eastern Africa: Cattle — Stocks

Australia
26.89 million LSU
in 2023
Eastern Africa
96.10 million LSU
in 2023
Australia rank
11th
Eastern Africa rank
14th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Australia
  • Eastern Africa
20.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M196119922023

How they compare

Eastern Africa currently reports 96.10 million LSU against 26.89 million LSU in Australia, a difference of 69.21 million LSU.

That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.6 times Australia's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 11th and Eastern Africa ranks 14th of 206 countries.

Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Eastern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 16.78 million LSU 35.50 million LSU 18.72 million LSU Eastern Africa
1970s 25.92 million LSU 40.52 million LSU 14.60 million LSU Eastern Africa
1980s 20.96 million LSU 44.27 million LSU 23.30 million LSU Eastern Africa
1990s 22.76 million LSU 46.14 million LSU 23.39 million LSU Eastern Africa
2000s 24.91 million LSU 54.58 million LSU 29.67 million LSU Eastern Africa
2010s 24.46 million LSU 78.72 million LSU 54.26 million LSU Eastern Africa
2020s 23.00 million LSU 93.82 million LSU 70.82 million LSU Eastern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Australia or Eastern Africa?
Eastern Africa, at 96.10 million LSU against 26.89 million LSU in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Australia and Eastern Africa?
69.21 million LSU, with Eastern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Eastern Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Eastern Africa rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Australia ranks 11th and Eastern Africa ranks 14th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cattle — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 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.