Saudi Arabia vs United States of America: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Saudi Arabia
2.53 million LSU
in 2023
United States of America
1.02 million LSU
in 2023
Saudi Arabia rank
27th
United States of America rank
28th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Saudi Arabia
  • United States of America
02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922023

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 2.53 million LSU against 1.02 million LSU in United States of America, a difference of 1.50 million LSU.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 2.5 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States of America ahead.

Saudi Arabia ranks 27th and United States of America ranks 28th of 187 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 3 and United States of America in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Saudi Arabia United States of America Difference Ahead
1960s 265,558 LSU 4.33 million LSU 4.07 million LSU United States of America
1970s 432,385 LSU 2.54 million LSU 2.10 million LSU United States of America
1980s 898,525 LSU 1.89 million LSU 990,125 LSU United States of America
1990s 1.14 million LSU 1.60 million LSU 458,426 LSU United States of America
2000s 1.25 million LSU 1.22 million LSU 34,513 LSU Saudi Arabia
2010s 1.31 million LSU 1.07 million LSU 241,980 LSU Saudi Arabia
2020s 2.53 million LSU 1.04 million LSU 1.49 million LSU Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Saudi Arabia or United States of America?
Saudi Arabia, at 2.53 million LSU against 1.02 million LSU in United States of America as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Saudi Arabia and United States of America?
1.50 million LSU, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and United States of America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Saudi Arabia and United States of America rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Saudi Arabia ranks 27th and United States of America ranks 28th 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
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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.