Australia vs Australia and New Zealand: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock

Australia
20.94 %LSU
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand
21.07 %LSU
in 2023
Australia rank
62nd
Australia and New Zealand rank
60th

Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock over time

  • Australia
  • Australia and New Zealand
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How they compare

Australia and New Zealand currently reports 21.07 %LSU against 20.94 %LSU in Australia, a difference of 0.13 %LSU.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 62nd and Australia and New Zealand ranks 60th of 187 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Australia and New Zealand in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Australia and New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 47.87 %LSU 47.02 %LSU 0.8522 %LSU Australia
1970s 35.79 %LSU 37.38 %LSU 1.59 %LSU Australia and New Zealand
1980s 39.27 %LSU 41.66 %LSU 2.39 %LSU Australia and New Zealand
1990s 35.91 %LSU 36.53 %LSU 0.626 %LSU Australia and New Zealand
2000s 27.06 %LSU 27.88 %LSU 0.825 %LSU Australia and New Zealand
2010s 22.22 %LSU 22.64 %LSU 0.422 %LSU Australia and New Zealand
2020s 22.64 %LSU 22.34 %LSU 0.3 %LSU Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — share in total livestock, Australia or Australia and New Zealand?
Australia and New Zealand, at 21.07 %LSU against 20.94 %LSU in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — share in total livestock between Australia and Australia and New Zealand?
0.13 %LSU, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Australia and New Zealand?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Australia and New Zealand rank globally for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
Australia ranks 62nd and Australia and New Zealand ranks 60th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 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.