Sheep — Stocks in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sheep — Stocks was 95,758 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Madagascar, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep — stocks in Madagascar is 95,758 LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Madagascar peaked at 95,758 LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24,000 LSU, in 1961.
Madagascar ranks 82nd of 180 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.
Sheep — Stocks in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,000 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 LSU | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 37,000 LSU | +23.3% |
| 1964 | 39,000 LSU | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 41,220 LSU | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 48,960 LSU | +18.8% |
| 1967 | 50,167 LSU | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 60,495 LSU | +20.6% |
| 1969 | 64,000 LSU | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 66,616 LSU | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 67,314 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 67,880 LSU | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 66,436 LSU | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 64,616 LSU | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 64,400 LSU | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 60,717 LSU | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 56,700 LSU | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 58,280 LSU | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 54,900 LSU | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 73,400 LSU | +33.7% |
| 1981 | 80,200 LSU | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 79,500 LSU | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 58,800 LSU | -26.0% |
| 1984 | 55,000 LSU | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 58,710 LSU | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 53,978 LSU | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 66,420 LSU | +23.0% |
| 1988 | 68,320 LSU | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 72,100 LSU | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 73,700 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 75,360 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 77,000 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 78,690 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 80,400 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 82,100 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 75,628 LSU | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 70,000 LSU | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 64,000 LSU | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 59,000 LSU | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 58,395 LSU | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 63,320 LSU | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 65,454 LSU | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 84,318 LSU | +28.8% |
| 2004 | 80,000 LSU | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 69,523 LSU | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 71,240 LSU | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 72,989 LSU | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 74,780 LSU | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 76,274 LSU | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 78,022 LSU | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 82,300 LSU | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 84,000 LSU | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 83,900 LSU | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 84,000 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 85,830 LSU | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 85,470 LSU | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 85,100 LSU | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 84,127 LSU | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 85,615 LSU | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 89,602 LSU | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 94,320 LSU | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 94,901 LSU | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 95,758 LSU | +0.9% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 95,758 LSU is below the median for low income countries, which is 373,388 LSU, 26% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 95,758 LSU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 146,749 LSU, 65% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep — Stocks in Madagascar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +33.7% | 54,900 LSU | 73,400 LSU |
| 1983 | -26.0% | 79,500 LSU | 58,800 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,871 LSU | 24,000 LSU | 64,000 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,786 LSU | 54,900 LSU | 67,880 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,643 LSU | 53,978 LSU | 80,200 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 73,588 LSU | 59,000 LSU | 82,100 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,629 LSU | 58,395 LSU | 84,318 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,836 LSU | 78,022 LSU | 85,830 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 93,645 LSU | 89,602 LSU | 95,758 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 79 Bulgaria 107,277 LSU compare
- 80 Sierra Leone 100,527 LSU compare
- 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100,356 LSU compare
- 83 Hungary 90,710 LSU compare
- 84 Czechoslovakia 87,393 LSU compare
- 85 Georgia 86,380 LSU compare
More environment data for Madagascar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.297 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2369 % 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 -1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Madagascar?
- Sheep — stocks in Madagascar was 95,758 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 95,758 LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,000 LSU in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for sheep — stocks?
- Madagascar ranks 82nd out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.