Kenya vs Middle Africa: Sheep — Stocks
Sheep — Stocks over time
- Kenya
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 5.52 million LSU against 2.32 million LSU in Kenya, a difference of 3.19 million LSU.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 2.4 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Kenya ranks 21st and Middle Africa ranks 22nd of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Middle Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,022 LSU | 464,990 LSU | 57,967 LSU | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 359,840 LSU | 513,278 LSU | 153,438 LSU | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 658,022 LSU | 643,149 LSU | 14,872 LSU | Kenya |
| 1990s | 827,130 LSU | 1.08 million LSU | 255,478 LSU | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 1.12 million LSU | 1.82 million LSU | 699,172 LSU | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 1.87 million LSU | 3.23 million LSU | 1.36 million LSU | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 2.37 million LSU | 5.00 million LSU | 2.64 million LSU | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — stocks, Kenya or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 5.52 million LSU against 2.32 million LSU in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Kenya and Middle Africa?
- 3.19 million LSU, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Middle Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Middle Africa rank globally for sheep — stocks?
- Kenya ranks 21st and Middle Africa ranks 22nd of 192 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
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.