Somalia vs Southern Africa: Goats — Stocks
Goats — Stocks over time
- Somalia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 1.15 million LSU against 932,684 LSU in Southern Africa, a difference of 213,556 LSU.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 20th of 182 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.31 million LSU | 849,597 LSU | 462,626 LSU | Somalia |
| 1970s | 1.53 million LSU | 864,114 LSU | 668,806 LSU | Somalia |
| 1980s | 1.89 million LSU | 969,908 LSU | 920,652 LSU | Somalia |
| 1990s | 1.28 million LSU | 1.15 million LSU | 136,122 LSU | Somalia |
| 2000s | 1.26 million LSU | 1.14 million LSU | 122,534 LSU | Somalia |
| 2010s | 1.16 million LSU | 1.05 million LSU | 113,340 LSU | Somalia |
| 2020s | 1.15 million LSU | 920,606 LSU | 230,560 LSU | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goats — stocks, Somalia or Southern Africa?
- Somalia, at 1.15 million LSU against 932,684 LSU in Southern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goats — stocks between Somalia and Southern Africa?
- 213,556 LSU, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Somalia and Southern Africa rank globally for goats — stocks?
- Somalia ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 20th of 182 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.