Saudi Arabia vs Southern Africa: Sheep — Stocks
Sheep — Stocks over time
- Saudi Arabia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 2.54 million LSU against 1.89 million LSU in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 646,760 LSU.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.3 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 26th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 180 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 199,222 LSU | 4.35 million LSU | 4.15 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 302,580 LSU | 3.73 million LSU | 3.43 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 610,205 LSU | 3.58 million LSU | 2.97 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 723,518 LSU | 3.40 million LSU | 2.68 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 747,579 LSU | 3.00 million LSU | 2.25 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 960,481 LSU | 2.75 million LSU | 1.79 million LSU | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 1.89 million LSU | 2.50 million LSU | 606,932 LSU | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — stocks, Saudi Arabia or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 2.54 million LSU against 1.89 million LSU in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Saudi Arabia and Southern Africa?
- 646,760 LSU, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Saudi Arabia and Southern Africa rank globally for sheep — stocks?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 26th and Southern Africa ranks 21st 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
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.