Australia vs Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep — Stocks

Australia
7.21 million LSU
in 2023
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
35.39 million LSU
in 2023
Australia rank
7th
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank
4th

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • Australia
  • Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922023

How they compare

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) currently reports 35.39 million LSU against 7.21 million LSU in Australia, a difference of 28.18 million LSU.

That makes Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)'s figure about 4.9 times Australia's.

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

Australia ranks 7th and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th of 180 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 16.31 million LSU 10.04 million LSU 6.27 million LSU Australia
1970s 15.07 million LSU 11.21 million LSU 3.86 million LSU Australia
1980s 14.41 million LSU 13.26 million LSU 1.15 million LSU Australia
1990s 13.48 million LSU 16.67 million LSU 3.19 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2000s 9.64 million LSU 21.49 million LSU 11.85 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2010s 7.10 million LSU 28.47 million LSU 21.37 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2020s 6.85 million LSU 34.30 million LSU 27.45 million LSU Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, Australia or Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), at 35.39 million LSU against 7.21 million LSU in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Australia and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
28.18 million LSU, with Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank globally for sheep — stocks?
Australia ranks 7th and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th of 180 countries.
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
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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.