Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 30.76 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 30.76 million LSU for sheep and goats — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Eastern Africa peaked at 30.76 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.38 million LSU, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 12th out of 35 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.80 million LSU | 8.38 million LSU | 9.15 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.42 million LSU | 9.03 million LSU | 10.19 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.16 million LSU | 10.24 million LSU | 12.50 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.73 million LSU | 9.68 million LSU | 12.12 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.87 million LSU | 10.76 million LSU | 17.52 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.01 million LSU | 17.87 million LSU | 29.83 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.85 million LSU | 29.04 million LSU | 30.76 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 21.2 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 4.47 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 11.79 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 10.99 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 157,643 million USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 326.16 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 17.13 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Eastern Africa?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Eastern Africa was 30.76 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 30.76 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.38 million LSU in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.