Africa vs China, mainland: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Africa
- China, mainland
How they compare
Africa currently reports 370.37 million LSU against 266.63 million LSU in China, mainland, a difference of 103.73 million LSU.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.4 times China, mainland's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 3rd of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 3 and China, mainland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117.53 million LSU | 106.14 million LSU | 11.39 million LSU | Africa |
| 1970s | 138.18 million LSU | 148.28 million LSU | 10.10 million LSU | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 160.16 million LSU | 178.76 million LSU | 18.60 million LSU | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 186.66 million LSU | 239.61 million LSU | 52.95 million LSU | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 236.33 million LSU | 264.41 million LSU | 28.08 million LSU | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 307.84 million LSU | 256.94 million LSU | 50.90 million LSU | Africa |
| 2020s | 360.01 million LSU | 263.39 million LSU | 96.62 million LSU | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Africa or China, mainland?
- Africa, at 370.37 million LSU against 266.63 million LSU in China, mainland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Africa and China, mainland?
- 103.73 million LSU, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China, mainland?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Africa and China, mainland rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Africa ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 3rd of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — 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.