OECD vs World: Sheep — Stocks

OECD
23.84 million LSU
in 2023
World
132.64 million LSU
in 2023
OECD rank
1st
World rank
1st

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • OECD
  • World
25.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M196119922023

How they compare

World currently reports 132.64 million LSU against 23.84 million LSU in OECD, a difference of 108.80 million LSU.

That makes World's figure about 5.6 times OECD's.

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

OECD ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 192 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD World Difference Ahead
1960s 40.16 million LSU 104.50 million LSU 64.35 million LSU World
1970s 37.51 million LSU 105.39 million LSU 67.88 million LSU World
1980s 38.94 million LSU 113.95 million LSU 75.01 million LSU World
1990s 36.60 million LSU 111.52 million LSU 74.92 million LSU World
2000s 28.73 million LSU 108.45 million LSU 79.73 million LSU World
2010s 24.00 million LSU 117.73 million LSU 93.73 million LSU World
2020s 23.99 million LSU 131.07 million LSU 107.08 million LSU World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, OECD or World?
World, at 132.64 million LSU against 23.84 million LSU in OECD as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between OECD and World?
108.80 million LSU, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD and World?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do OECD and World rank globally for sheep — stocks?
OECD ranks 1st and World ranks 1st 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

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.