Malawi vs Southern Africa: Goats — Stocks
Goats — Stocks over time
- Malawi
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1.26 million LSU against 932,684 LSU in Southern Africa, a difference of 322,416 LSU.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Malawi ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Southern Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,096 LSU | 849,597 LSU | 796,501 LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 68,276 LSU | 864,114 LSU | 795,838 LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 76,447 LSU | 969,908 LSU | 893,461 LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 111,697 LSU | 1.15 million LSU | 1.04 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 222,275 LSU | 1.14 million LSU | 916,191 LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 645,206 LSU | 1.05 million LSU | 402,933 LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 1.16 million LSU | 920,606 LSU | 243,527 LSU | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goats — stocks, Malawi or Southern Africa?
- Malawi, at 1.26 million LSU against 932,684 LSU in Southern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goats — stocks between Malawi and Southern Africa?
- 322,416 LSU, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Southern Africa rank globally for goats — stocks?
- Malawi ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 199 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
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.