Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 33,494 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Melanesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 33,494 LSU for sheep and goats — stocks in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Melanesia peaked at 35,140 LSU in 2004 and was at its lowest, 11,892 LSU, in 1978.
Melanesia ranks 140th of 203 countries 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,018 LSU | 17,634 LSU | 22,708 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,431 LSU | 11,892 LSU | 18,073 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,503 LSU | 13,546 LSU | 22,987 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,549 LSU | 20,675 LSU | 27,727 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,055 LSU | 25,090 LSU | 35,140 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,874 LSU | 29,453 LSU | 33,086 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,121 LSU | 32,827 LSU | 33,494 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More environment data for Melanesia
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 51.89 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,148 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1,585 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 72.85 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 2.99 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.12 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 456.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.96 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,129 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,044 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Melanesia?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Melanesia was 33,494 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 35,140 LSU in 2004.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,892 LSU in 1978.
- How does Melanesia rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 140th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.