Which has higher horses — stocks, Cuba or Sub-Saharan Africa?

Sub-Saharan Africa, at 3.27 million LSU against 587,837 LSU in Cuba as of 2023.

What is the difference in horses — stocks between Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa?

2.68 million LSU, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Horses — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cuba vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Horses — Stocks

Cuba

587,837 LSU

in 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa

3.27 million LSU

in 2023

Cuba rank

16th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

15th

Horses — Stocks over time

Cuba
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 3.27 million LSU against 587,837 LSU in Cuba, a difference of 2.68 million LSU.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 5.6 times Cuba's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Cuba ranks 16th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 177 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1960s	352,813 LSU	1.68 million LSU	1.33 million LSU	Sub-Saharan Africa
1970s	511,778 LSU	1.75 million LSU	1.24 million LSU	Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s	491,114 LSU	2.25 million LSU	1.75 million LSU	Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s	362,746 LSU	2.00 million LSU	1.63 million LSU	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	309,718 LSU	2.08 million LSU	1.77 million LSU	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	508,684 LSU	2.70 million LSU	2.19 million LSU	Sub-Saharan Africa
2020s	591,364 LSU	3.16 million LSU	2.57 million LSU	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher horses — stocks, Cuba or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 3.27 million LSU against 587,837 LSU in Cuba as of 2023.
What is the difference in horses — stocks between Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 2.68 million LSU, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for horses — stocks?: Cuba ranks 16th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Horses — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Horses — Stocks
Unit: LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 211 places, 11,867 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.