Ethiopia vs Western Africa: Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time
- Ethiopia
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 33.44 million LSU against 9.35 million LSU in Ethiopia, a difference of 24.09 million LSU.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 3.6 times Ethiopia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Ethiopia ranks 10th and Western Africa ranks 9th of 187 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.06 million LSU | 12.34 million LSU | 10.28 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 3.50 million LSU | 18.14 million LSU | 14.65 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 6.05 million LSU | 25.90 million LSU | 19.86 million LSU | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 8.92 million LSU | 32.28 million LSU | 23.36 million LSU | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Ethiopia or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 33.44 million LSU against 9.35 million LSU in Ethiopia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Ethiopia and Western Africa?
- 24.09 million LSU, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Western Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
- How do Ethiopia and Western Africa rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Ethiopia ranks 10th and Western Africa ranks 9th 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
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.