Sheep — Stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep — Stocks was 35.39 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep — stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 35.39 million LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 35.39 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.95 million LSU, in 1961.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.04 million LSU | 8.95 million LSU | 11.04 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.21 million LSU | 10.16 million LSU | 12.18 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.26 million LSU | 12.59 million LSU | 14.46 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.67 million LSU | 14.55 million LSU | 18.93 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.49 million LSU | 18.83 million LSU | 24.68 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.47 million LSU | 24.97 million LSU | 32.83 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.30 million LSU | 33.70 million LSU | 35.39 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 2 China 19.30 million LSU compare
- 3 China, mainland 19.30 million LSU compare
- 4 USSR 13.29 million LSU compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 9.65 million LSU compare
- 6 India 7.74 million LSU compare
- 7 Australia 7.21 million LSU compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 5.26 million LSU compare
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.81 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sheep — stocks in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 35.39 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.39 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.95 million LSU in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sheep — stocks?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep — 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.