What is equidae — share in total livestock in Eastern Africa?

Equidae — share in total livestock in Eastern Africa was 3.33 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest equidae — share in total livestock recorded in Eastern Africa?

The highest recorded value was 7.31 %LSU in 1961.

What is the lowest equidae — share in total livestock recorded in Eastern Africa?

The lowest recorded value was 2.54 %LSU in 1999.

How does Eastern Africa rank for equidae — share in total livestock?

Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is equidae — share in total livestock rising or falling in Eastern Africa?

Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Equidae — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Equidae — Share in total livestock in Eastern Africa

Name: Equidae — Share in total livestock in Eastern Africa
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Eastern Africa: Equidae — Share in total livestock was 3.33 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

3.33 %LSU

Change on year

up 2.1%

Rank

17th

of 35 groups

All-time high

7.31 %LSU

in 1961

All-time low

2.54 %LSU

in 1999

Years of data

1961–2023

Equidae — Share in total livestock in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

Eastern Africa recorded 3.33 %LSU for equidae — share in total livestock in 2023.

That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equidae — share in total livestock in Eastern Africa peaked at 7.31 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2.54 %LSU, in 1999.

Eastern Africa ranks 17th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	7.01 %LSU	6.71 %LSU	7.31 %LSU	9
1970s	6.46 %LSU	6.13 %LSU	6.66 %LSU	10
1980s	6.06 %LSU	5.25 %LSU	6.5 %LSU	10
1990s	4 %LSU	2.54 %LSU	6.86 %LSU	10
2000s	3.03 %LSU	2.56 %LSU	3.29 %LSU	10
2010s	3.29 %LSU	3.13 %LSU	3.39 %LSU	10
2020s	3.29 %LSU	3.26 %LSU	3.33 %LSU	4

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

14 Caribbean 13.45 %LSU compare
15 Antigua and Barbuda 12.32 %LSU compare
16 Polynesia 12.13 %LSU compare
17 Afghanistan 11.18 %LSU compare
18 Cabo Verde 10.96 %LSU compare
19 Peru 10.85 %LSU compare
20 New Caledonia 10.16 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 222 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)

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Frequently asked questions

What is equidae — share in total livestock in Eastern Africa?: Equidae — share in total livestock in Eastern Africa was 3.33 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest equidae — share in total livestock recorded in Eastern Africa?: The highest recorded value was 7.31 %LSU in 1961.
What is the lowest equidae — share in total livestock recorded in Eastern Africa?: The lowest recorded value was 2.54 %LSU in 1999.
How does Eastern Africa rank for equidae — share in total livestock?: Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is equidae — share in total livestock rising or falling in Eastern Africa?: Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Equidae — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Equidae — Share in total livestock
Unit: %LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 222 places, 12,474 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.