Kenya vs Southern Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Kenya
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 20.60 million LSU against 17.26 million LSU in Southern Africa, a difference of 3.34 million LSU.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Kenya ranks 22nd and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 195 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Southern Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.05 million LSU | 16.78 million LSU | 11.73 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 6.22 million LSU | 17.25 million LSU | 11.03 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 8.21 million LSU | 17.51 million LSU | 9.31 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 9.02 million LSU | 18.58 million LSU | 9.56 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 11.23 million LSU | 19.12 million LSU | 7.90 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 16.83 million LSU | 18.73 million LSU | 1.90 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 20.97 million LSU | 16.96 million LSU | 4.01 million LSU | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Kenya or Southern Africa?
- Kenya, at 20.60 million LSU against 17.26 million LSU in Southern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Kenya and Southern Africa?
- 3.34 million LSU, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Southern Africa rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Kenya ranks 22nd and Southern Africa ranks 28th 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
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.