Australia and New Zealand vs Southern Asia: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Australia and New Zealand
10.06 million LSU
in 2023
Southern Asia
48.57 million LSU
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand rank
8th
Southern Asia rank
7th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Southern Asia
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196119922023

How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 48.57 million LSU against 10.06 million LSU in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 38.51 million LSU.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 4.8 times Australia and New Zealand's.

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

Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 187 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 1 and Southern Asia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Southern Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 21.77 million LSU 20.84 million LSU 932,722 LSU Australia and New Zealand
1970s 20.98 million LSU 23.53 million LSU 2.56 million LSU Southern Asia
1980s 21.25 million LSU 29.86 million LSU 8.61 million LSU Southern Asia
1990s 18.67 million LSU 37.13 million LSU 18.45 million LSU Southern Asia
2000s 13.78 million LSU 40.32 million LSU 26.54 million LSU Southern Asia
2010s 10.41 million LSU 43.10 million LSU 32.69 million LSU Southern Asia
2020s 9.79 million LSU 47.75 million LSU 37.96 million LSU Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Australia and New Zealand or Southern Asia?
Southern Asia, at 48.57 million LSU against 10.06 million LSU in Australia and New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Australia and New Zealand and Southern Asia?
38.51 million LSU, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Southern Asia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Southern Asia rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — Stocks. 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 — Stocks
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.