Sheep — Stocks in Oceania

Oceania: Sheep — Stocks was 9.65 million LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
9.65 million LSU
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
16th
of 35 groups
All-time high
24.04 million LSU
in 1970
All-time low
8.96 million LSU
in 2020
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Sheep — Stocks in Oceania, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.

Analysis

Oceania recorded 9.65 million LSU for sheep — stocks in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Oceania peaked at 24.04 million LSU in 1970 and was at its lowest, 8.96 million LSU, in 2020.

Oceania ranks 16th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 21.76 million LSU 20.11 million LSU 23.45 million LSU 9
1970s 20.97 million LSU 19.36 million LSU 24.04 million LSU 10
1980s 21.14 million LSU 20.35 million LSU 22.22 million LSU 10
1990s 18.45 million LSU 16.12 million LSU 22.82 million LSU 10
2000s 13.49 million LSU 10.51 million LSU 16.08 million LSU 10
2010s 10.05 million LSU 9.26 million LSU 10.64 million LSU 10
2020s 9.38 million LSU 8.96 million LSU 9.65 million LSU 4

Countries ranked near Oceania

  1. 13 Sudan 4.00 million LSU compare
  2. 14 Ethiopia 3.99 million LSU compare
  3. 15 Pakistan 3.23 million LSU compare
  4. 16 Algeria 3.18 million LSU compare
  5. 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.18 million LSU compare
  6. 18 Mongolia 2.94 million LSU compare
  7. 19 New Zealand 2.44 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 227 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — stocks in Oceania?
Sheep — stocks in Oceania was 9.65 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Oceania?
The highest recorded value was 24.04 million LSU in 1970.
What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Oceania?
The lowest recorded value was 8.96 million LSU in 2020.
How does Oceania rank for sheep — stocks?
Oceania ranks 16th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Oceania?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Oceania 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

Indicator
Sheep — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
227 places, 12,936 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.