Horses — Stocks in Africa
Africa: Horses — Stocks was 3.83 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Horses — Stocks in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Africa recorded 3.83 million LSU for horses — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — stocks in Africa peaked at 3.83 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.92 million LSU, in 1963.
That places Africa 11th out of 30 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.
Horses — Stocks in Africa, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.94 million LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1.93 million LSU | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 1.92 million LSU | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 1.95 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 2.01 million LSU | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 2.00 million LSU | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 2.01 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 1.98 million LSU | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 2.01 million LSU | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 2.03 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 2.02 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 1.96 million LSU | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 1.95 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 1.97 million LSU | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 1.98 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 1.99 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 2.02 million LSU | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 2.03 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 2.04 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 2.03 million LSU | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 2.18 million LSU | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 2.28 million LSU | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 2.46 million LSU | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 2.37 million LSU | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 2.48 million LSU | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 2.53 million LSU | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 2.58 million LSU | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 2.63 million LSU | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 2.66 million LSU | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 3.10 million LSU | +16.6% |
| 1991 | 3.16 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 3.19 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 2.00 million LSU | -37.4% |
| 1994 | 2.04 million LSU | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 2.06 million LSU | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 2.08 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 2.11 million LSU | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 2.14 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 2.16 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 2.15 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 2.29 million LSU | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 2.41 million LSU | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 2.47 million LSU | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 2.51 million LSU | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 2.58 million LSU | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 2.64 million LSU | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 2.78 million LSU | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 2.82 million LSU | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 2.95 million LSU | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 3.02 million LSU | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 2.99 million LSU | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 2.98 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 3.00 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 3.06 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 3.42 million LSU | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 3.50 million LSU | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 3.47 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 3.47 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 3.60 million LSU | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 3.65 million LSU | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 3.68 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 3.75 million LSU | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 3.83 million LSU | +2.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Stocks in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -37.4% | 3.19 million LSU | 2.00 million LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.97 million LSU | 1.92 million LSU | 2.01 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.00 million LSU | 1.95 million LSU | 2.04 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.42 million LSU | 2.03 million LSU | 2.66 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.40 million LSU | 2.00 million LSU | 3.19 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.56 million LSU | 2.15 million LSU | 2.95 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.25 million LSU | 2.98 million LSU | 3.60 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.73 million LSU | 3.65 million LSU | 3.83 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 8 China, mainland 2.33 million LSU compare
- 8 Melanesia 40,346 LSU compare
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 1.79 million LSU compare
- 9 Viet Nam 31,734 LSU compare
- 10 Argentina 1.63 million LSU compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 31,563 LSU compare
- 11 Ethiopia 1.14 million LSU compare
- 11 Türkiye 26,572 LSU compare
- 12 Colombia 963,486 LSU compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 24,303 LSU compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 20,800 LSU compare
- 13 Russian Federation 851,825 LSU compare
- 14 Chad 749,650 LSU compare
- 14 Polynesia 10,648 LSU compare
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — stocks in Africa?
- Horses — stocks in Africa was 3.83 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — stocks recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.83 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest horses — stocks recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.92 million LSU in 1963.
- How does Africa rank for horses — stocks?
- Africa ranks 11th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is horses — stocks rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horses — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.