Horses — Stocks in Northern America
Northern America: Horses — Stocks was 5.40 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Horses — Stocks in Northern America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, horses — stocks in Northern America stood at 5.40 million LSU.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — stocks in Northern America peaked at 7.67 million LSU in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.55 million LSU, in 1964.
That places Northern America 8th out of 30 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Horses — Stocks in Northern America, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.34 million LSU | — |
| 1962 | 2.10 million LSU | -10.1% |
| 1963 | 1.82 million LSU | -13.2% |
| 1964 | 1.55 million LSU | -14.8% |
| 1965 | 2.51 million LSU | +61.6% |
| 1966 | 2.61 million LSU | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 2.78 million LSU | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 3.07 million LSU | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 3.29 million LSU | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 3.61 million LSU | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 3.94 million LSU | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 3.93 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 3.96 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 4.00 million LSU | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 4.04 million LSU | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 4.07 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 4.07 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 4.24 million LSU | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 4.26 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 4.31 million LSU | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 4.32 million LSU | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 4.34 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 4.37 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 4.39 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 4.44 million LSU | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 4.43 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 4.40 million LSU | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 4.50 million LSU | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 4.39 million LSU | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 4.39 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4.42 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 4.38 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 4.40 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 4.37 million LSU | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 4.41 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 4.42 million LSU | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 4.46 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 4.49 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 4.44 million LSU | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 4.50 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 4.78 million LSU | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 5.11 million LSU | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 5.91 million LSU | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 7.51 million LSU | +27.1% |
| 2005 | 7.67 million LSU | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 7.67 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7.67 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7.60 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 7.52 million LSU | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 7.43 million LSU | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 7.02 million LSU | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 6.84 million LSU | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 6.66 million LSU | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 6.49 million LSU | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 6.29 million LSU | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 6.12 million LSU | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 6.01 million LSU | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 5.90 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 5.80 million LSU | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 5.70 million LSU | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 5.59 million LSU | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 5.49 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 5.40 million LSU | -1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Stocks in Northern America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +61.6% | 1.55 million LSU | 2.51 million LSU |
| 2004 | +27.1% | 5.91 million LSU | 7.51 million LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.45 million LSU | 1.55 million LSU | 3.29 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.01 million LSU | 3.61 million LSU | 4.26 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.39 million LSU | 4.31 million LSU | 4.50 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.42 million LSU | 4.37 million LSU | 4.49 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.59 million LSU | 4.50 million LSU | 7.67 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.46 million LSU | 5.80 million LSU | 7.43 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.54 million LSU | 5.40 million LSU | 5.70 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 5 Mongolia 3.14 million LSU compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 341,573 LSU compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 330,110 LSU compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 2.50 million LSU compare
- 7 China 2.34 million LSU compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 51,210 LSU compare
- 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
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 2.66 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — stocks in Northern America?
- Horses — stocks in Northern America was 5.40 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — stocks recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 7.67 million LSU in 2005.
- What is the lowest horses — stocks recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.55 million LSU in 1964.
- How does Northern America rank for horses — stocks?
- Northern America ranks 8th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is horses — stocks rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.