Major livestock types — Stocks in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks was 55.16 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Stocks in Northern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for major livestock types — stocks in Northern Africa is 55.16 million LSU, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Northern Africa peaked at 59.80 million LSU in 2010 and was at its lowest, 18.02 million LSU, in 1962.
Northern Africa ranks 14th of 44 regions 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 | 20.91 million LSU | 18.02 million LSU | 24.78 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 27.28 million LSU | 25.09 million LSU | 29.58 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.34 million LSU | 30.76 million LSU | 34.67 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 43.70 million LSU | 35.85 million LSU | 51.16 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.68 million LSU | 52.58 million LSU | 59.43 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.69 million LSU | 54.58 million LSU | 59.80 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.34 million LSU | 55.16 million LSU | 55.49 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 789,689 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — stocks in Northern Africa?
- Major livestock types — stocks in Northern Africa was 55.16 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 59.80 million LSU in 2010.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.02 million LSU in 1962.
- How does Northern Africa rank for major livestock types — stocks?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 44 regions with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.