Australia and New Zealand vs Eastern Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks

Australia and New Zealand
47.76 million LSU
in 2023
Eastern Africa
150.42 million LSU
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand rank
10th
Eastern Africa rank
13th

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Eastern Africa
50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M150.0M196119922023

How they compare

Eastern Africa currently reports 150.42 million LSU against 47.76 million LSU in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 102.66 million LSU.

That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.1 times Australia and New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th and Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 195 countries.

Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Eastern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 46.31 million LSU 52.31 million LSU 6.00 million LSU Eastern Africa
1970s 56.28 million LSU 59.82 million LSU 3.54 million LSU Eastern Africa
1980s 51.03 million LSU 67.05 million LSU 16.02 million LSU Eastern Africa
1990s 51.05 million LSU 68.40 million LSU 17.35 million LSU Eastern Africa
2000s 49.30 million LSU 81.84 million LSU 32.54 million LSU Eastern Africa
2010s 46.00 million LSU 120.45 million LSU 74.45 million LSU Eastern Africa
2020s 43.89 million LSU 146.65 million LSU 102.75 million LSU Eastern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Australia and New Zealand or Eastern Africa?
Eastern Africa, at 150.42 million LSU against 47.76 million LSU in Australia and New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Australia and New Zealand and Eastern Africa?
102.66 million LSU, with Eastern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Eastern Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Eastern Africa rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th and Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 195 countries.
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.

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About this data

Indicator
Major livestock types — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
246 places, 14,138 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.