What is cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa?

Cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa was 96.10 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?

The highest recorded value was 96.10 million LSU in 2023.

What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?

The lowest recorded value was 33.53 million LSU in 1961.

How does Eastern Africa rank for cattle — stocks?

Eastern Africa ranks 14th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Eastern Africa?

Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cattle — Stocks in Eastern Africa

Name: Cattle — Stocks in Eastern Africa
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Eastern Africa: Cattle — Stocks was 96.10 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

96.10 million LSU

Change on year

up 4.2%

Rank

14th

of 35 groups

All-time high

96.10 million LSU

in 2023

All-time low

33.53 million LSU

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Cattle — Stocks in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.

Analysis

The most recent figure for cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa is 96.10 million LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa peaked at 96.10 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 33.53 million LSU, in 1961.

That places Eastern Africa 14th out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	35.50 million LSU	33.53 million LSU	37.88 million LSU	9
1970s	40.52 million LSU	38.58 million LSU	43.10 million LSU	10
1980s	44.27 million LSU	42.08 million LSU	46.50 million LSU	10
1990s	46.14 million LSU	43.45 million LSU	50.26 million LSU	10
2000s	54.58 million LSU	48.35 million LSU	64.30 million LSU	10
2010s	78.72 million LSU	66.42 million LSU	89.09 million LSU	10
2020s	93.82 million LSU	91.85 million LSU	96.10 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

11 Australia 26.89 million LSU compare
12 Mexico 25.63 million LSU compare
13 Sudan (former) 20.68 million LSU compare
14 Colombia 20.44 million LSU compare
15 United Republic of Tanzania 18.96 million LSU compare
16 Chad 18.82 million LSU compare
17 Ethiopia PDR 18.60 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

More environment data for Eastern Africa

Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 4.78 g/Int$ (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 147,739 t (2024)
Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 344.61 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Cropland — Area 85,775 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 25.02 % (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 5.81 kg/ha (2024)
Cropland — Area per capita 0.17 ha/cap (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 564,665 t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 173,403 t (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 1.13 kg/cap (2024)

All data for Eastern Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa?: Cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa was 96.10 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?: The highest recorded value was 96.10 million LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?: The lowest recorded value was 33.53 million LSU in 1961.
How does Eastern Africa rank for cattle — stocks?: Eastern Africa ranks 14th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Eastern Africa?: Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cattle — Stocks
Unit: LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.