Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.14 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia, 1993–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.14 LSU/ha for goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.7% on the previous year and up 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia peaked at 0.14 LSU/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.03 LSU/ha, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 19th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.03 LSU/ha | — |
| 1994 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +30.0% |
| 2020 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 0.12 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.046 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.083 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1325 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia?
- Goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Ethiopia was 0.14 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.14 LSU/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Ethiopia ranks 19th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.