Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Gabon
Gabon: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 34,656 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Gabon, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 34,656 LSU for sheep and goats — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Gabon peaked at 34,656 LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9,000 LSU, in 1962.
That places Gabon 127th 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 Gabon, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,300 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 LSU | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 9,600 LSU | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 10,000 LSU | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 10,300 LSU | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 10,700 LSU | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 10,700 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,700 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,000 LSU | -15.9% |
| 1970 | 9,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 9,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,300 LSU | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 9,300 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 9,600 LSU | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 9,900 LSU | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 14,350 LSU | +44.9% |
| 1977 | 16,236 LSU | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 18,421 LSU | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 18,000 LSU | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 18,300 LSU | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 18,500 LSU | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 18,800 LSU | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 19,410 LSU | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 20,340 LSU | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 21,280 LSU | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 22,280 LSU | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 22,722 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 23,173 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 23,634 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 24,094 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 24,570 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 25,076 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 25,569 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 26,000 LSU | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 26,500 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 27,000 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 27,500 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 28,000 LSU | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 28,500 LSU | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 28,900 LSU | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 28,800 LSU | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 28,500 LSU | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 28,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 28,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 28,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 28,700 LSU | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 28,800 LSU | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 28,800 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 29,200 LSU | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 29,400 LSU | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 30,000 LSU | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 32,000 LSU | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 32,500 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 32,805 LSU | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 33,212 LSU | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 32,954 LSU | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 32,883 LSU | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 32,850 LSU | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 33,981 LSU | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 34,005 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 34,332 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 34,656 LSU | +0.9% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 34,656 LSU is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73,267 LSU, 47% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 34,656 LSU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 593,030 LSU, 6% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Gabon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +44.9% | 9,900 LSU | 14,350 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,922 LSU | 9,000 LSU | 10,700 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,311 LSU | 9,000 LSU | 18,421 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,844 LSU | 18,300 LSU | 23,634 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,281 LSU | 24,094 LSU | 28,500 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,650 LSU | 28,500 LSU | 28,900 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,781 LSU | 29,200 LSU | 33,212 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,243 LSU | 33,981 LSU | 34,656 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More environment data for Gabon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.44 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.09 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -26.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.06 % 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 0.6222 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Gabon?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Gabon was 34,656 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 34,656 LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,000 LSU in 1962.
- How does Gabon rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Gabon ranks 127th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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.