Sheep and Goats — Stocks in India

India: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 23.17 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
23.17 million LSU
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
4th
of 203 countries
All-time high
23.17 million LSU
in 2023
All-time low
10.11 million LSU
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Sheep and Goats — Stocks in India, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

India recorded 23.17 million LSU for sheep and goats — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in India peaked at 23.17 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10.11 million LSU, in 1961.

India ranks 4th of 203 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 10.48 million LSU 10.11 million LSU 10.70 million LSU 9
1970s 11.35 million LSU 10.71 million LSU 12.66 million LSU 10
1980s 14.76 million LSU 13.19 million LSU 15.99 million LSU 10
1990s 17.27 million LSU 16.19 million LSU 18.21 million LSU 10
2000s 19.63 million LSU 18.30 million LSU 21.21 million LSU 10
2010s 21.20 million LSU 20.02 million LSU 22.31 million LSU 10
2020s 22.87 million LSU 22.54 million LSU 23.17 million LSU 4

Countries ranked near India

  1. 1 China 32.24 million LSU compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 32.23 million LSU compare
  3. 3 OECD 27.40 million LSU compare
  4. 5 Nigeria 14.07 million LSU compare
  5. 6 USSR 13.96 million LSU compare
  6. 7 Pakistan 11.71 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goats — stocks in India?
Sheep and goats — stocks in India was 23.17 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 23.17 million LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 10.11 million LSU in 1961.
How does India rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
India ranks 4th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India 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

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 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.