Kenya vs Middle Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Kenya
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 53.23 million LSU against 20.60 million LSU in Kenya, a difference of 32.63 million LSU.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 2.6 times Kenya's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Middle Africa has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 22nd and Middle Africa ranks 15th of 192 countries.
Middle Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.05 million LSU | 6.69 million LSU | 1.64 million LSU | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 6.22 million LSU | 8.41 million LSU | 2.18 million LSU | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 8.21 million LSU | 11.78 million LSU | 3.57 million LSU | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 9.02 million LSU | 16.49 million LSU | 7.46 million LSU | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 11.23 million LSU | 23.83 million LSU | 12.60 million LSU | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 16.83 million LSU | 36.67 million LSU | 19.85 million LSU | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 20.97 million LSU | 49.56 million LSU | 28.59 million LSU | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Kenya or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 53.23 million LSU against 20.60 million LSU in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Kenya and Middle Africa?
- 32.63 million LSU, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Middle Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Middle Africa rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Kenya ranks 22nd and Middle Africa ranks 15th of 192 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
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.