Asia vs Australia and New Zealand: Sheep — Stocks

Asia
59.21 million LSU
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand
9.65 million LSU
in 2023
Asia rank
1st
Australia and New Zealand rank
5th

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • Asia
  • Australia and New Zealand
020.0M40.0M60.0M196119922023

How they compare

Asia currently reports 59.21 million LSU against 9.65 million LSU in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 49.57 million LSU.

That makes Asia's figure about 6.1 times Australia and New Zealand's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 1st and Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 16 regions.

Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia Australia and New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 24.98 million LSU 21.76 million LSU 3.22 million LSU Asia
1970s 28.14 million LSU 20.96 million LSU 7.17 million LSU Asia
1980s 32.79 million LSU 21.14 million LSU 11.64 million LSU Asia
1990s 39.84 million LSU 18.45 million LSU 21.39 million LSU Asia
2000s 43.61 million LSU 13.49 million LSU 30.12 million LSU Asia
2010s 49.80 million LSU 10.04 million LSU 39.75 million LSU Asia
2020s 58.65 million LSU 9.38 million LSU 49.27 million LSU Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, Asia or Australia and New Zealand?
Asia, at 59.21 million LSU against 9.65 million LSU in Australia and New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Asia and Australia and New Zealand?
49.57 million LSU, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Australia and New Zealand?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Asia and Australia and New Zealand rank globally for sheep — stocks?
Asia ranks 1st and Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 16 regions.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — 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 — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
227 places, 12,936 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.