Major livestock types — Stocks in Kenya

Kenya: Major livestock types — Stocks was 20.60 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
20.60 million LSU
Change on year
up 9.6%
World rank
25th
of 211 countries
All-time high
23.49 million LSU
in 2020
All-time low
4.66 million LSU
in 1963
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Major livestock types — Stocks in Kenya, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

In 2023, major livestock types — stocks in Kenya stood at 20.60 million LSU.

That represents a change of up 9.6% on the previous year and up 31.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Kenya peaked at 23.49 million LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.66 million LSU, in 1963.

That places Kenya 25th out of 211 countries 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 5.05 million LSU 4.66 million LSU 5.24 million LSU 9
1970s 6.22 million LSU 5.59 million LSU 7.59 million LSU 10
1980s 8.21 million LSU 6.82 million LSU 9.50 million LSU 10
1990s 9.02 million LSU 8.44 million LSU 9.69 million LSU 10
2000s 11.23 million LSU 8.35 million LSU 16.69 million LSU 10
2010s 16.83 million LSU 15.71 million LSU 20.67 million LSU 10
2020s 20.97 million LSU 18.80 million LSU 23.49 million LSU 4

Countries ranked near Kenya

  1. 22 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22.22 million LSU compare
  2. 23 France 21.07 million LSU compare
  3. 24 Türkiye 20.61 million LSU compare
  4. 26 Bangladesh 19.46 million LSU compare
  5. 27 Germany 17.12 million LSU compare
  6. 28 Canada 16.94 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 246 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is major livestock types — stocks in Kenya?
Major livestock types — stocks in Kenya was 20.60 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Kenya?
The highest recorded value was 23.49 million LSU in 2020.
What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Kenya?
The lowest recorded value was 4.66 million LSU in 1963.
How does Kenya rank for major livestock types — stocks?
Kenya ranks 25th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Kenya?
Over the last ten years it is up 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kenya 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

Indicator
Major livestock types — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
246 places, 14,138 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.