Sheep — Stocks in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Sheep — Stocks was 41.99 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep — stocks in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 41.99 million LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 41.99 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14.65 million LSU, in 1962.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4th out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.97 million LSU | 14.65 million LSU | 17.37 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 18.08 million LSU | 16.77 million LSU | 19.15 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.86 million LSU | 19.25 million LSU | 21.28 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.56 million LSU | 21.38 million LSU | 25.00 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.66 million LSU | 25.19 million LSU | 31.28 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.36 million LSU | 31.41 million LSU | 40.24 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.24 million LSU | 40.67 million LSU | 41.99 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
More environment data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.97 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.55 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 1.59 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.9 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.86 kg/cap (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 1.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 41.05 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 1.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Sheep — stocks in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 41.99 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 41.99 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.65 million LSU in 1962.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for sheep — stocks?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.