Major livestock types — Stocks in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks was 150.42 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Stocks in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, major livestock types — stocks in Eastern Africa stood at 150.42 million LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Eastern Africa peaked at 150.42 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.95 million LSU, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 15th of 35 groups on this measure, 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 | 52.31 million LSU | 48.95 million LSU | 55.95 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 59.82 million LSU | 56.77 million LSU | 63.96 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.05 million LSU | 62.46 million LSU | 71.62 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.40 million LSU | 63.48 million LSU | 72.66 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.84 million LSU | 70.68 million LSU | 97.60 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 120.45 million LSU | 100.72 million LSU | 141.45 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 146.65 million LSU | 143.70 million LSU | 150.42 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — stocks in Eastern Africa?
- Major livestock types — stocks in Eastern Africa was 150.42 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 150.42 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.95 million LSU in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for major livestock types — stocks?
- Eastern Africa ranks 15th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. 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 Major livestock types — 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.