Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Polynesia
Polynesia: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 3,402 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Polynesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep and goats — stocks in Polynesia stood at 3,402 LSU.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Polynesia peaked at 3,810 LSU in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1,765 LSU, in 1961.
That places Polynesia 18th out of 20 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,765 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1,779 LSU | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 1,799 LSU | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 1,861 LSU | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 1,833 LSU | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 1,986 LSU | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 2,015 LSU | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 2,030 LSU | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 2,010 LSU | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 1,988 LSU | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 2,050 LSU | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 1,960 LSU | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 1,968 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 2,100 LSU | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 2,241 LSU | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 2,368 LSU | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 2,765 LSU | +16.8% |
| 1978 | 2,882 LSU | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 2,897 LSU | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 3,024 LSU | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 3,219 LSU | +6.4% |
| 1982 | 2,928 LSU | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 2,713 LSU | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 2,724 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,989 LSU | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 3,049 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 3,217 LSU | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 3,477 LSU | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 3,489 LSU | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 3,538 LSU | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 3,590 LSU | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 3,725 LSU | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 3,788 LSU | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 3,810 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 3,686 LSU | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 3,192 LSU | -13.4% |
| 1997 | 3,050 LSU | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 3,033 LSU | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 3,117 LSU | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 3,086 LSU | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 3,053 LSU | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 3,058 LSU | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 3,064 LSU | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 3,089 LSU | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 3,117 LSU | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 3,150 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 3,216 LSU | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 3,259 LSU | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 3,302 LSU | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 3,345 LSU | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 3,393 LSU | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 3,468 LSU | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 3,497 LSU | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 3,494 LSU | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3,498 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,499 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,502 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,508 LSU | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 3,500 LSU | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,540 LSU | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,470 LSU | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 3,438 LSU | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 3,402 LSU | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,898 LSU | 1,765 LSU | 2,030 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,322 LSU | 1,960 LSU | 2,897 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,083 LSU | 2,713 LSU | 3,489 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,453 LSU | 3,033 LSU | 3,810 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,139 LSU | 3,053 LSU | 3,302 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,470 LSU | 3,345 LSU | 3,508 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,463 LSU | 3,402 LSU | 3,540 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 15 Mali 5.55 million LSU compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 54,993 LSU compare
- 16 Mongolia 5.40 million LSU compare
- 16 Melanesia 33,494 LSU compare
- 17 Ethiopia PDR 4.13 million LSU compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 19,070 LSU compare
- 18 Algeria 3.69 million LSU compare
- 19 Indonesia 3.52 million LSU compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 489.3 LSU compare
- 19 Micronesia 489.3 LSU compare
- 20 Brazil 3.47 million LSU compare
- 21 Niger 3.37 million LSU compare
More environment data for Polynesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.894 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 14.8 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 794.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 89.76 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 117.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 972.05 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Polynesia?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Polynesia was 3,402 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,810 LSU in 1994.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,765 LSU in 1961.
- How does Polynesia rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Polynesia ranks 18th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Polynesia 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.