Mongolia vs South Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Mongolia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 13.39 million LSU against 12.42 million LSU in Mongolia, a difference of 966,200 LSU.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Mongolia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Mongolia ranks 31st and South Africa ranks 30th of 192 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mongolia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.05 million LSU | 13.48 million LSU | 8.43 million LSU | South Africa |
| 1970s | 5.24 million LSU | 13.19 million LSU | 7.95 million LSU | South Africa |
| 1980s | 5.21 million LSU | 13.48 million LSU | 8.27 million LSU | South Africa |
| 1990s | 6.14 million LSU | 14.49 million LSU | 8.35 million LSU | South Africa |
| 2000s | 6.13 million LSU | 14.84 million LSU | 8.71 million LSU | South Africa |
| 2010s | 9.17 million LSU | 14.71 million LSU | 5.54 million LSU | South Africa |
| 2020s | 12.42 million LSU | 13.45 million LSU | 1.02 million LSU | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Mongolia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 13.39 million LSU against 12.42 million LSU in Mongolia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Mongolia and South Africa?
- 966,200 LSU, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and South Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mongolia and South Africa rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Mongolia ranks 31st and South Africa ranks 30th 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.