Central Asia vs South Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Central Asia
- South Africa
How they compare
Central Asia currently reports 29.14 million LSU against 13.39 million LSU in South Africa, a difference of 15.75 million LSU.
That makes Central Asia's figure about 2.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Central Asia ahead.
Central Asia ranks 27th and South Africa ranks 30th of 31 groups.
Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central Asia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.80 million LSU | 14.44 million LSU | 2.36 million LSU | Central Asia |
| 2000s | 16.10 million LSU | 14.84 million LSU | 1.26 million LSU | Central Asia |
| 2010s | 23.82 million LSU | 14.71 million LSU | 9.11 million LSU | Central Asia |
| 2020s | 28.41 million LSU | 13.45 million LSU | 14.97 million LSU | Central Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Central Asia or South Africa?
- Central Asia, at 29.14 million LSU against 13.39 million LSU in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Central Asia and South Africa?
- 15.75 million LSU, with Central Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and South Africa?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.
- How do Central Asia and South Africa rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Central Asia ranks 27th and South Africa ranks 30th 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.
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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.