OECD vs Western Africa: Goats — Stocks
Goats — Stocks over time
- OECD
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 19.57 million LSU against 3.56 million LSU in OECD, a difference of 16.01 million LSU.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 5.5 times OECD's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was OECD ahead.
OECD ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 11th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, OECD averaged higher in 2 and Western Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | OECD | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.73 million LSU | 2.18 million LSU | 2.54 million LSU | OECD |
| 1970s | 4.08 million LSU | 3.03 million LSU | 1.05 million LSU | OECD |
| 1980s | 4.04 million LSU | 4.51 million LSU | 466,328 LSU | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 3.76 million LSU | 6.58 million LSU | 2.82 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 3.48 million LSU | 10.30 million LSU | 6.82 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 3.62 million LSU | 15.26 million LSU | 11.64 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 3.75 million LSU | 18.96 million LSU | 15.21 million LSU | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goats — stocks, OECD or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 19.57 million LSU against 3.56 million LSU in OECD as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goats — stocks between OECD and Western Africa?
- 16.01 million LSU, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for OECD and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do OECD and Western Africa rank globally for goats — stocks?
- OECD ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 11th 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.
Individual pages
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.