Caribbean vs Northern America: Sheep — Stocks

Caribbean
208,407 LSU
in 2023
Northern America
896,520 LSU
in 2023
Caribbean rank
30th
Northern America rank
27th

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • Caribbean
  • Northern America
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M196119922023

How they compare

Northern America currently reports 896,520 LSU against 208,407 LSU in Caribbean, a difference of 688,113 LSU.

That makes Northern America's figure about 4.3 times Caribbean's.

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

Caribbean ranks 30th and Northern America ranks 27th of 31 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Caribbean Northern America Difference Ahead
1960s 50,788 LSU 4.04 million LSU 3.99 million LSU Northern America
1970s 65,585 LSU 2.45 million LSU 2.38 million LSU Northern America
1980s 106,864 LSU 1.81 million LSU 1.70 million LSU Northern America
1990s 298,303 LSU 1.50 million LSU 1.21 million LSU Northern America
2000s 303,725 LSU 1.09 million LSU 782,013 LSU Northern America
2010s 242,699 LSU 928,539 LSU 685,840 LSU Northern America
2020s 208,418 LSU 899,569 LSU 691,151 LSU Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, Caribbean or Northern America?
Northern America, at 896,520 LSU against 208,407 LSU in Caribbean as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Caribbean and Northern America?
688,113 LSU, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Northern America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Caribbean and Northern America rank globally for sheep — stocks?
Caribbean ranks 30th and Northern America ranks 27th of 31 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
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.