China, mainland vs Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep and Goats — Stocks

China, mainland
32.23 million LSU
in 2023
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
78.61 million LSU
in 2023
China, mainland rank
2nd
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank
5th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • China, mainland
  • Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
20.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M196119922023

How they compare

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) currently reports 78.61 million LSU against 32.23 million LSU in China, mainland, a difference of 46.37 million LSU.

That makes Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)'s figure about 2.4 times China, mainland's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) has been ahead every year.

China, mainland ranks 2nd and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th of 187 countries.

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 13.46 million LSU 19.10 million LSU 5.64 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
1970s 15.58 million LSU 21.50 million LSU 5.93 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
1980s 17.65 million LSU 25.87 million LSU 8.21 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
1990s 23.28 million LSU 33.17 million LSU 9.90 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2000s 28.73 million LSU 44.82 million LSU 16.10 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2010s 29.54 million LSU 61.52 million LSU 31.99 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2020s 31.87 million LSU 75.89 million LSU 44.02 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, China, mainland or Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), at 78.61 million LSU against 32.23 million LSU in China, mainland as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between China, mainland and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
46.37 million LSU, with Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do China, mainland and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
China, mainland ranks 2nd and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th 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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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
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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.