Major livestock types — Stocks in Samoa
Samoa: Major livestock types — Stocks was 52,112 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Stocks in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, major livestock types — stocks in Samoa stood at 52,112 LSU.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Samoa peaked at 77,488 LSU in 2015 and was at its lowest, 24,400 LSU, in 1962.
Samoa ranks 168th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Major livestock types — Stocks in Samoa, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,510 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 24,400 LSU | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 27,129 LSU | +11.2% |
| 1964 | 27,281 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 27,039 LSU | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 27,338 LSU | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 28,517 LSU | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 29,861 LSU | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 30,276 LSU | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 31,009 LSU | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 30,966 LSU | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 31,140 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 31,509 LSU | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 33,099 LSU | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 35,134 LSU | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 35,907 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 35,985 LSU | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 36,926 LSU | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 37,840 LSU | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 39,720 LSU | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 41,988 LSU | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 44,524 LSU | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 45,524 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 47,494 LSU | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 51,276 LSU | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 57,389 LSU | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 62,202 LSU | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 62,215 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 61,044 LSU | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 60,350 LSU | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 59,885 LSU | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 58,320 LSU | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 59,555 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 60,350 LSU | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 58,625 LSU | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 58,660 LSU | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 58,695 LSU | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 59,330 LSU | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 59,172 LSU | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 59,870 LSU | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 66,450 LSU | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 66,830 LSU | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 67,470 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 68,170 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 68,370 LSU | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 67,622 LSU | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 64,065 LSU | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 62,693 LSU | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 61,603 LSU | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 68,516 LSU | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 71,046 LSU | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 72,623 LSU | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 73,767 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 73,741 LSU | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 77,488 LSU | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 70,422 LSU | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 65,496 LSU | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 58,500 LSU | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 49,158 LSU | -16.0% |
| 2020 | 42,980 LSU | -12.6% |
| 2021 | 56,878 LSU | +32.3% |
| 2022 | 53,741 LSU | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 52,112 LSU | -3.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 52,112 LSU is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.48 million LSU, 4% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 52,112 LSU is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 532,305 LSU, 10% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Major livestock types — Stocks in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +32.3% | 42,980 LSU | 56,878 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,373 LSU | 24,400 LSU | 30,276 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,951 LSU | 30,966 LSU | 37,840 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,338 LSU | 39,720 LSU | 62,215 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,294 LSU | 58,320 LSU | 60,350 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,314 LSU | 59,870 LSU | 68,370 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,076 LSU | 49,158 LSU | 77,488 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,428 LSU | 42,980 LSU | 56,878 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — stocks in Samoa?
- Major livestock types — stocks in Samoa was 52,112 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 77,488 LSU in 2015.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,400 LSU in 1962.
- How does Samoa rank for major livestock types — stocks?
- Samoa ranks 168th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.