Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Africa stood at 0.06 LSU/ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Africa peaked at 0.06 LSU/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.02 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 4th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.02 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2018 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.05 LSU/ha | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.044 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0575 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 1 Cabo Verde 0.18 LSU/ha compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 0.59 LSU/ha compare
- 2 Qatar 0.5 LSU/ha compare
- 3 Nepal 0.39 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Seychelles 0.38 LSU/ha compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 0.05 LSU/ha compare
- 5 Grenada 0.31 LSU/ha compare
- 6 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3 LSU/ha compare
- 7 Bahrain 0.29 LSU/ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 0.29 LSU/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Africa?
- Goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Eastern Africa was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Eastern Africa ranks 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area. 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.