Burkina Faso vs Southern Africa: Goats — Stocks

Burkina Faso
1.08 million LSU
in 2023
Southern Africa
932,684 LSU
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
24th
Southern Africa rank
20th

Goats — Stocks over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Southern Africa
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 1.08 million LSU against 932,684 LSU in Southern Africa, a difference of 151,526 LSU.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.2 times Southern Africa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 20th of 183 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Southern Africa in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 207,222 LSU 849,597 LSU 642,374 LSU Southern Africa
1970s 256,960 LSU 864,114 LSU 607,154 LSU Southern Africa
1980s 504,920 LSU 969,908 LSU 464,988 LSU Southern Africa
1990s 737,192 LSU 1.15 million LSU 409,686 LSU Southern Africa
2000s 1.04 million LSU 1.14 million LSU 102,219 LSU Southern Africa
2010s 1.41 million LSU 1.05 million LSU 366,774 LSU Burkina Faso
2020s 1.13 million LSU 920,606 LSU 213,174 LSU Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goats — stocks, Burkina Faso or Southern Africa?
Burkina Faso, at 1.08 million LSU against 932,684 LSU in Southern Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in goats — stocks between Burkina Faso and Southern Africa?
151,526 LSU, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Southern Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and Southern Africa rank globally for goats — stocks?
Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 20th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Goats — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Goats — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 13,227 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.