Major livestock types — Stocks in South Africa
South Africa: Major livestock types — Stocks was 13.39 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Stocks in South Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 13.39 million LSU for major livestock types — stocks in 2023.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in South Africa peaked at 15.38 million LSU in 2012 and was at its lowest, 12.42 million LSU, in 1972.
That places South Africa 30th out of 192 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.48 million LSU | 12.66 million LSU | 14.11 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.19 million LSU | 12.42 million LSU | 14.46 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.48 million LSU | 12.84 million LSU | 14.07 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.49 million LSU | 13.83 million LSU | 14.95 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.84 million LSU | 14.47 million LSU | 15.22 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.71 million LSU | 13.86 million LSU | 15.38 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.45 million LSU | 13.39 million LSU | 13.55 million LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for South Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.18 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 2.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 30,837 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 7,586 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 272,220 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 385,631 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 516,696 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — stocks in South Africa?
- Major livestock types — stocks in South Africa was 13.39 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 15.38 million LSU in 2012.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.42 million LSU in 1972.
- How does South Africa rank for major livestock types — stocks?
- South Africa ranks 30th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.