Australia vs Europe: Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time
- Australia
- Europe
How they compare
Europe currently reports 13.12 million LSU against 7.62 million LSU in Australia, a difference of 5.49 million LSU.
That makes Europe's figure about 1.7 times Australia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 12th and Europe ranks 15th of 203 countries.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.31 million LSU | 28.61 million LSU | 12.30 million LSU | Europe |
| 1970s | 15.08 million LSU | 28.02 million LSU | 12.94 million LSU | Europe |
| 1980s | 14.46 million LSU | 30.06 million LSU | 15.60 million LSU | Europe |
| 1990s | 13.66 million LSU | 22.02 million LSU | 8.37 million LSU | Europe |
| 2000s | 9.91 million LSU | 15.58 million LSU | 5.66 million LSU | Europe |
| 2010s | 7.47 million LSU | 14.64 million LSU | 7.17 million LSU | Europe |
| 2020s | 7.25 million LSU | 13.57 million LSU | 6.32 million LSU | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Australia or Europe?
- Europe, at 13.12 million LSU against 7.62 million LSU in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Australia and Europe?
- 5.49 million LSU, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Europe rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Australia ranks 12th and Europe ranks 15th of 203 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
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.