Mexico vs Northern Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks

Mexico
45.33 million LSU
in 2023
Northern Africa
55.16 million LSU
in 2023
Mexico rank
11th
Northern Africa rank
20th

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • Mexico
  • Northern Africa
20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M60.0M196119922023

How they compare

Northern Africa currently reports 55.16 million LSU against 45.33 million LSU in Mexico, a difference of 9.83 million LSU.

That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 11th and Northern Africa ranks 20th of 195 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 3 and Northern Africa in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Northern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 23.24 million LSU 20.91 million LSU 2.33 million LSU Mexico
1970s 29.78 million LSU 27.28 million LSU 2.49 million LSU Mexico
1980s 36.13 million LSU 32.34 million LSU 3.79 million LSU Mexico
1990s 37.07 million LSU 43.70 million LSU 6.63 million LSU Northern Africa
2000s 38.46 million LSU 56.68 million LSU 18.22 million LSU Northern Africa
2010s 41.46 million LSU 56.69 million LSU 15.23 million LSU Northern Africa
2020s 44.74 million LSU 55.34 million LSU 10.59 million LSU Northern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Mexico or Northern Africa?
Northern Africa, at 55.16 million LSU against 45.33 million LSU in Mexico as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Mexico and Northern Africa?
9.83 million LSU, with Northern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Northern Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mexico and Northern Africa rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
Mexico ranks 11th and Northern Africa ranks 20th 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.