Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 1.01 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep and goats — stocks in Cameroon stood at 1.01 million LSU.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Cameroon peaked at 1.04 million LSU in 2015 and was at its lowest, 257,000 LSU, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 50th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 257,000 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 264,000 LSU | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 272,000 LSU | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 279,000 LSU | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 286,000 LSU | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 318,300 LSU | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 336,800 LSU | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 350,000 LSU | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 360,000 LSU | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 375,000 LSU | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 380,000 LSU | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 390,000 LSU | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 345,000 LSU | -11.5% |
| 1974 | 355,000 LSU | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 362,000 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 373,300 LSU | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 435,500 LSU | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 465,900 LSU | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 457,000 LSU | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 450,000 LSU | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 419,786 LSU | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 400,270 LSU | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 392,560 LSU | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 419,000 LSU | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 456,760 LSU | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 502,436 LSU | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 527,557 LSU | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 580,300 LSU | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 638,300 LSU | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 702,000 LSU | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 675,000 LSU | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 681,000 LSU | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 688,000 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 695,000 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 702,000 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 710,000 LSU | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 720,000 LSU | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 730,000 LSU | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 745,000 LSU | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 816,300 LSU | +9.6% |
| 2001 | 820,000 LSU | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 820,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 820,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 820,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 820,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 820,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 820,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 820,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 820,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 914,437 LSU | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 893,293 LSU | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 892,504 LSU | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 925,068 LSU | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1.03 million LSU | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 1.04 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 994,089 LSU | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 981,889 LSU | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 981,594 LSU | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 985,225 LSU | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.01 million LSU | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.01 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.01 million LSU | +0.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 1.01 million LSU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 572,094 LSU, 1.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 1.01 million LSU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 593,030 LSU, 1.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 302,567 LSU | 257,000 LSU | 360,000 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 393,870 LSU | 345,000 LSU | 465,900 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 478,697 LSU | 392,560 LSU | 638,300 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 704,800 LSU | 675,000 LSU | 745,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 819,630 LSU | 816,300 LSU | 820,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 963,390 LSU | 892,504 LSU | 1.04 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 million LSU | 1.01 million LSU | 1.01 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More environment data for Cameroon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6539 % 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 0.4385 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Cameroon?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Cameroon was 1.01 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million LSU in 2015.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 257,000 LSU in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Cameroon ranks 50th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goats — 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.