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Goats — Share in total livestock by country

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...

Countries reporting
199
Highest
36.03 %LSU
Togo
Lowest
0 %LSU
Tuvalu
Median
3.53 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,227

What the numbers show

Goats — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 36.03 %LSU in Togo; the lowest is 0 %LSU in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.53 %LSU, and the mean is 6.93 %LSU.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 148.3%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).

Goats — Share in total livestock: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Togo 36.03 %LSU 2023 up 49.8% rising
2 Nigeria 30.42 %LSU 2023 up 3.8% volatile
3 Malawi 28.63 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
4 Antigua and Barbuda 28.16 %LSU 2023 up 12.4% volatile
5 Oman 27.89 %LSU 2023 up 1.0% rising
6 Burundi 27.38 %LSU 2023 down 30.8% rising
7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 26.51 %LSU 2023 up 8.7% volatile
8 Comoros 25.57 %LSU 2023 down 2.7% rising
9 Ghana 24.41 %LSU 2023 up 8.5% rising
10 Cabo Verde 24.37 %LSU 2023 down 15.8% flat
11 Nepal 22.92 %LSU 2023 up 88.0% rising
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22.82 %LSU 2023 down 23.1% rising
13 Mali 22.03 %LSU 2023 up 15.8% rising
14 Yemen 21 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% rising
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.11 %LSU 2023 up 97.2% rising
16 Mongolia 19.82 %LSU 2023 down 19.6% rising
17 Mozambique 19.66 %LSU 2023 down 20.7% volatile
18 Grenada 19.49 %LSU 2023 up 81.8% rising
19 United Arab Emirates 19.08 %LSU 2023 down 0.7% rising
20 Mauritania 17.66 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% rising
21 Botswana 17.11 %LSU 2023 up 50.4% rising
22 Gambia 16.99 %LSU 2023 up 84.5% rising
22 Kenya 16.99 %LSU 2023 up 8.4% rising
24 Djibouti 16.91 %LSU 2023 down 1.5% volatile
25 Jamaica 16.71 %LSU 2023 up 12.9% flat
26 Libya 16.49 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% falling
27 Benin 16.41 %LSU 2023 up 53.7% flat
28 Zimbabwe 16.01 %LSU 2023 up 28.9% rising
29 Uganda 15.48 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% rising
30 Liberia 15.26 %LSU 2023 down 3.8% falling
31 South Sudan 15.24 %LSU 2023 up 2.1% flat
32 Eswatini 15.09 %LSU 2023 up 29.3% rising
33 Greece 15.06 %LSU 2023 down 24.5% rising
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.34 %LSU 2023 up 31.8% rising
35 Albania 14.04 %LSU 2023 up 21.2% falling
36 Rwanda 13.96 %LSU 2023 down 39.7% rising
37 Bangladesh 13.85 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
38 Niger 13.77 %LSU 2023 down 5.0% falling
39 Cyprus 13.72 %LSU 2022 up 8.8% falling
40 Zambia 13.56 %LSU 2023 up 56.6% volatile
41 Fiji 13.38 %LSU 2023 up 66.2% falling
42 Turkmenistan 13.3 %LSU 2023 up 74.1% volatile
43 Guinea-Bissau 13.28 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% rising
44 Cameroon 13.27 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% rising
45 Côte d'Ivoire 13.25 %LSU 2023 up 69.0% falling
46 Senegal 13.21 %LSU 2023 down 3.0% rising
47 Chad 12.86 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% rising
48 Burkina Faso 12.84 %LSU 2023 down 25.1% rising
49 Congo 12.56 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% falling
50 Lesotho 12.55 %LSU 2023 down 13.6% falling
51 Palestine 12.1 %LSU 2023 up 1.4% falling
52 United Republic of Tanzania 11.88 %LSU 2023 up 12.4% rising
53 Somalia 11.71 %LSU 2023 down 0.2% falling
54 Seychelles 11.64 %LSU 2023 down 43.1% rising
55 Afghanistan 11.51 %LSU 2023 up 10.1% rising
56 Sudan 10.82 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
57 Eritrea 10.63 %LSU 2023 up 1.7% falling
58 Ethiopia 10.47 %LSU 2023 up 40.0% rising
59 Angola 10.1 %LSU 2023 down 10.0% rising
60 Pakistan 10.08 %LSU 2023 down 13.1% rising
61 Haiti 9.76 %LSU 2023 down 8.7% rising
62 Saudi Arabia 9.5 %LSU 2023 up 7.0% falling
63 French Polynesia 9.23 %LSU 2023 down 8.5% rising
64 Sudan (former) 9.18 %LSU 2011 down 28.8% rising
65 Jordan 8.87 %LSU 2023 down 27.9% falling
66 Gabon 8.8 %LSU 2023 up 1.6% falling
66 Tajikistan 8.8 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% rising
68 Sierra Leone 8.78 %LSU 2023 down 14.7% rising
69 Saint Lucia 8.44 %LSU 2023 up 6.4% rising
70 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.29 %LSU 2023 down 8.8% falling
71 India 8.26 %LSU 2023 up 6.2% rising
72 Namibia 8.07 %LSU 2023 down 12.6% rising
73 Guinea 7.89 %LSU 2023 up 22.9% rising
74 Syrian Arab Republic 7.61 %LSU 2023 up 2.7% rising
75 Equatorial Guinea 7.52 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
76 Morocco 7.33 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
77 Dominica 7.31 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
78 Algeria 6.95 %LSU 2023 down 13.0% falling
79 Bahrain 6.88 %LSU 2023 down 9.5% falling
80 Qatar 6.75 %LSU 2023 down 38.2% falling
81 Ethiopia PDR 6.44 %LSU 1992 down 10.7% falling
82 Lebanon 6.06 %LSU 2023 down 15.2% falling
83 Guadeloupe 5.58 %LSU 2006 down 15.2% flat
84 Türkiye 5 %LSU 2023 down 2.9% falling
85 China, mainland 4.85 %LSU 2023 down 7.1% flat
86 China 4.81 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% flat
87 Cook Islands 4.76 %LSU 2023 down 19.5% volatile
88 Sao Tome and Principe 4.7 %LSU 2023 down 10.3% falling
89 Philippines 4.57 %LSU 2023 up 8.8% volatile
89 Tunisia 4.57 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% rising
91 Timor-Leste 4.27 %LSU 2023 down 15.3% falling
92 Bahamas 4.19 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% falling
93 Madagascar 4.06 %LSU 2023 up 60.5% rising
94 Tonga 4.03 %LSU 2023 up 7.5% rising
95 Montenegro 3.74 %LSU 2023 up 11.6% rising
96 North Macedonia 3.73 %LSU 2023 up 49.8% rising
97 Malta 3.7 %LSU 2023 up 148.3% volatile
97 Romania 3.7 %LSU 2023 up 38.1% volatile
99 Sri Lanka 3.64 %LSU 2023 up 9.0% falling
100 Indonesia 3.53 %LSU 2023 down 38.1% falling
101 Bhutan 3.37 %LSU 2023 up 85.2% rising
102 Iraq 3.34 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% falling
103 Martinique 3.27 %LSU 2006 down 49.0% rising
104 Melanesia 3.16 %LSU 2023 up 20.6% falling
105 Kyrgyzstan 3.11 %LSU 2023 down 42.9% rising
106 Caribbean 2.99 %LSU 2023 down 5.7% rising
107 Kuwait 2.98 %LSU 2023 up 5.3% volatile
107 Uzbekistan 2.98 %LSU 2023 down 13.6% rising
109 Polynesia 2.88 %LSU 2023 up 14.7% flat
110 Bulgaria 2.63 %LSU 2023 down 27.7% volatile
111 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.33 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% flat
112 Guyana 1.98 %LSU 2023 down 13.5% rising
113 Mexico 1.95 %LSU 2023 down 8.9% falling
114 Peru 1.92 %LSU 2023 down 13.9% falling
115 Kazakhstan 1.91 %LSU 2023 down 47.4% rising
116 Myanmar 1.9 %LSU 2023 down 30.9% rising
117 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.85 %LSU 2023 up 20.1% volatile
118 Republic of Moldova 1.84 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% rising
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.83 %LSU 2023 down 17.6% volatile
119 Viet Nam 1.83 %LSU 2023 up 86.7% volatile
121 Cuba 1.73 %LSU 2023 up 6.8% volatile
122 Azerbaijan 1.65 %LSU 2023 down 28.6% rising
123 Micronesia 1.56 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
124 Portugal 1.54 %LSU 2023 down 7.2% falling
125 Egypt 1.51 %LSU 2023 down 66.4% rising
126 Spain 1.46 %LSU 2023 down 13.1% falling
127 Mauritius 1.24 %LSU 2023 down 25.3% volatile
128 Israel 1.23 %LSU 2023 down 3.1% volatile
129 Croatia 1.16 %LSU 2023 up 12.6% falling
130 Australia 1.13 %LSU 2023 up 14.1% volatile
130 Serbia 1.13 %LSU 2023 down 14.4% rising
132 Italy 1.12 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
133 Chile 1.09 %LSU 2023 down 8.4% falling
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.02 %LSU 2023 up 12.1% falling
135 Argentina 0.94 %LSU 2023 down 9.6% falling
135 Ukraine 0.94 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
137 French Guiana 0.9 %LSU 2006 up 2.3% falling
138 OECD 0.88 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
139 Australia and New Zealand 0.87 %LSU 2023 up 16.0% volatile
140 Barbados 0.85 %LSU 2023 down 19.0% volatile
141 Malaysia 0.84 %LSU 2023 down 25.0% falling
142 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.83 %LSU 2023 down 13.5% falling
143 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.8 %LSU 2023 up 53.8% volatile
144 Serbia and Montenegro 0.73 %LSU 2005 down 38.1% falling
145 Slovenia 0.71 %LSU 2023 up 9.2% rising
146 Russian Federation 0.69 %LSU 2023 down 20.7% rising
147 Vanuatu 0.67 %LSU 2023 down 46.8% falling
148 Georgia 0.65 %LSU 2023 up 14.0% flat
149 Brazil 0.64 %LSU 2023 up 28.0% falling
150 France 0.61 %LSU 2023 up 15.1% rising
151 USSR 0.59 %LSU 1991 up 9.3% falling
152 Thailand 0.57 %LSU 2023 up 18.8% volatile
153 Norway 0.52 %LSU 2023 up 13.0% falling
154 Suriname 0.49 %LSU 2023 up 11.4% volatile
155 Dominican Republic 0.47 %LSU 2023 down 19.0% volatile
156 Armenia 0.44 %LSU 2023 down 17.0% falling
156 Republic of Korea 0.44 %LSU 2023 up 12.8% falling
156 China, Taiwan Province of 0.44 %LSU 2023 down 33.3% falling
159 Colombia 0.43 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% rising
159 Slovakia 0.43 %LSU 2022 down 27.1% rising
161 Austria 0.42 %LSU 2023 up 61.5% volatile
161 Switzerland 0.42 %LSU 2023 down 6.7% rising
163 Costa Rica 0.39 %LSU 2023 down 35.0% volatile
164 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3 %LSU 2023 down 37.5% volatile
165 Latvia 0.28 %LSU 2023 down 17.6% rising
166 Guatemala 0.27 %LSU 2023 down 12.9% falling
166 Luxembourg 0.27 %LSU 2022 up 8.0% volatile
168 Singapore 0.26 %LSU 2023 up 36.8% volatile
169 New Caledonia 0.24 %LSU 2023 down 35.1% volatile
170 Lithuania 0.23 %LSU 2023 up 27.8% rising
171 Czechia 0.21 %LSU 2023 up 31.2% rising
172 Hungary 0.2 %LSU 2023 down 62.3% volatile
173 Belgium 0.19 %LSU 2022 up 137.5% rising
174 Puerto Rico 0.17 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
174 El Salvador 0.17 %LSU 2023 unchanged flat
174 Brunei Darussalam 0.17 %LSU 2023 down 52.8% volatile
177 Estonia 0.15 %LSU 2023 down 11.8% rising
178 Czechoslovakia 0.13 %LSU 1992 up 30.0% volatile
179 Belarus 0.12 %LSU 2023 down 25.0% rising
179 Iceland 0.12 %LSU 2023 up 140.0% volatile
181 Paraguay 0.11 %LSU 2023 down 21.4% falling
182 Germany 0.09 %LSU 2023 up 50.0% volatile
182 Honduras 0.09 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
182 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.09 %LSU 2023 down 18.2% volatile
185 Poland 0.07 %LSU 2023 down 36.4% falling
185 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.07 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
187 Ecuador 0.06 %LSU 2023 down 64.7% volatile
187 Panama 0.06 %LSU 2023 up 20.0% rising
187 Papua New Guinea 0.06 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
190 Finland 0.05 %LSU 2023 up 66.7% volatile
190 New Zealand 0.05 %LSU 2023 down 16.7% volatile
192 Belize 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
192 Canada 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
192 Japan 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
192 Nicaragua 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
192 Uruguay 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
192 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.02 %LSU 1999 unchanged rising
198 Ireland 0.01 %LSU 2022 unchanged falling
199 Tuvalu 0 %LSU 1992 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Goats — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 13,227 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.