Major livestock types — Stocks in Western Asia

Western Asia: Major livestock types — Stocks was 49.37 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
49.37 million LSU
Change on year
down 2.6%
Rank
26th
of 35 groups
All-time high
50.69 million LSU
in 2022
All-time low
24.40 million LSU
in 1962
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Major livestock types — Stocks in Western Asia, 1961–2023

020.0M40.0M60.0M196119922023

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

Analysis

In 2023, major livestock types — stocks in Western Asia stood at 49.37 million LSU.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Western Asia peaked at 50.69 million LSU in 2022 and was at its lowest, 24.40 million LSU, in 1962.

Western Asia ranks 26th 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 25.39 million LSU 24.40 million LSU 26.62 million LSU 9
1970s 26.60 million LSU 25.67 million LSU 28.67 million LSU 10
1980s 29.41 million LSU 27.43 million LSU 31.50 million LSU 10
1990s 30.57 million LSU 26.74 million LSU 31.94 million LSU 10
2000s 33.63 million LSU 31.43 million LSU 35.32 million LSU 10
2010s 40.79 million LSU 35.17 million LSU 45.71 million LSU 10
2020s 49.93 million LSU 49.19 million LSU 50.69 million LSU 4

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 23 France 21.07 million LSU compare
  2. 24 Türkiye 20.61 million LSU compare
  3. 25 Kenya 20.60 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
  7. 29 Viet Nam 16.91 million LSU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is major livestock types — stocks in Western Asia?
Major livestock types — stocks in Western Asia was 49.37 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 50.69 million LSU in 2022.
What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 24.40 million LSU in 1962.
How does Western Asia rank for major livestock types — stocks?
Western Asia ranks 26th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Western Asia 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.