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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
202
Highest
36.03 %LSU
Togo
Lowest
0 %LSU
Tuvalu
Median
3.58 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,227

What the numbers show

Goats — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 36.03 %LSU in Togo; the lowest is 0 %LSU in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.58 %LSU, and the mean is 6.94 %LSU.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 103 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
1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 26.51 %LSU 2023 up 8.7% volatile
1 Cabo Verde 24.37 %LSU 2023 down 15.8% flat
2 Nigeria 30.42 %LSU 2023 up 3.8% volatile
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22.82 %LSU 2023 down 23.1% rising
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
5 Côte d'Ivoire 13.25 %LSU 2023 up 69.0% falling
5 United Republic of Tanzania 11.88 %LSU 2023 up 12.4% rising
6 Burundi 27.38 %LSU 2023 down 30.8% rising
6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.29 %LSU 2023 down 8.8% falling
7 Comoros 25.57 %LSU 2023 down 2.7% rising
7 Syrian Arab Republic 7.61 %LSU 2023 up 2.7% rising
8 Ghana 24.41 %LSU 2023 up 8.5% rising
9 Nepal 22.92 %LSU 2023 up 88.0% rising
9 Türkiye 5 %LSU 2023 down 2.9% falling
10 Mali 22.03 %LSU 2023 up 15.8% rising
10 Timor-Leste 4.27 %LSU 2023 down 15.3% falling
11 Yemen 21 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% rising
12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.11 %LSU 2023 up 97.2% rising
12 Melanesia 3.16 %LSU 2023 up 20.6% falling
13 Mongolia 19.82 %LSU 2023 down 19.6% rising
13 Polynesia 2.88 %LSU 2023 up 14.7% flat
14 Mozambique 19.66 %LSU 2023 down 20.7% volatile
14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.33 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% flat
15 Grenada 19.49 %LSU 2023 up 81.8% rising
15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.85 %LSU 2023 up 20.1% volatile
16 United Arab Emirates 19.08 %LSU 2023 down 0.7% rising
16 Republic of Moldova 1.84 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% rising
17 Central African Republic 18.53 %LSU 2023 down 3.0% rising
17 Caribbean 2.99 %LSU 2023 down 5.7% rising
17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.83 %LSU 2023 down 17.6% volatile
17 Viet Nam 1.83 %LSU 2023 up 86.7% volatile
18 Mauritania 17.66 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% rising
19 Botswana 17.11 %LSU 2023 up 50.4% rising
19 Micronesia 1.56 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
20 Gambia 16.99 %LSU 2023 up 84.5% rising
20 Kenya 16.99 %LSU 2023 up 8.4% rising
20 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.83 %LSU 2023 down 13.5% falling
22 Djibouti 16.91 %LSU 2023 down 1.5% volatile
23 Jamaica 16.71 %LSU 2023 up 12.9% flat
24 Libya 16.49 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% falling
25 Benin 16.41 %LSU 2023 up 53.7% flat
26 Zimbabwe 16.01 %LSU 2023 up 28.9% rising
27 Uganda 15.48 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% rising
28 Liberia 15.26 %LSU 2023 down 3.8% falling
29 South Sudan 15.24 %LSU 2023 up 2.1% flat
30 Eswatini 15.09 %LSU 2023 up 29.3% rising
31 Greece 15.06 %LSU 2023 down 24.5% rising
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.34 %LSU 2023 up 31.8% rising
33 Albania 14.04 %LSU 2023 up 21.2% falling
34 Rwanda 13.96 %LSU 2023 down 39.7% rising
35 Bangladesh 13.85 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
36 Niger 13.77 %LSU 2023 down 5.0% falling
37 Cyprus 13.72 %LSU 2022 up 8.8% falling
38 Zambia 13.56 %LSU 2023 up 56.6% volatile
39 Fiji 13.38 %LSU 2023 up 66.2% falling
40 Turkmenistan 13.3 %LSU 2023 up 74.1% volatile
41 Guinea-Bissau 13.28 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% rising
42 Cameroon 13.27 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% rising
43 Senegal 13.21 %LSU 2023 down 3.0% rising
44 Chad 12.86 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% rising
45 Burkina Faso 12.84 %LSU 2023 down 25.1% rising
46 Congo 12.56 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% falling
47 Lesotho 12.55 %LSU 2023 down 13.6% falling
48 Palestine 12.1 %LSU 2023 up 1.4% falling
49 Somalia 11.71 %LSU 2023 down 0.2% falling
50 Seychelles 11.64 %LSU 2023 down 43.1% rising
51 Afghanistan 11.51 %LSU 2023 up 10.1% rising
52 Sudan 10.82 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
53 Eritrea 10.63 %LSU 2023 up 1.7% falling
54 Ethiopia 10.47 %LSU 2023 up 40.0% rising
55 Angola 10.1 %LSU 2023 down 10.0% rising
56 Pakistan 10.08 %LSU 2023 down 13.1% rising
57 Haiti 9.76 %LSU 2023 down 8.7% rising
58 Saudi Arabia 9.5 %LSU 2023 up 7.0% falling
59 French Polynesia 9.23 %LSU 2023 down 8.5% rising
60 Sudan (former) 9.18 %LSU 2011 down 28.8% rising
61 Jordan 8.87 %LSU 2023 down 27.9% falling
62 Gabon 8.8 %LSU 2023 up 1.6% falling
62 Tajikistan 8.8 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% rising
64 Sierra Leone 8.78 %LSU 2023 down 14.7% rising
65 Saint Lucia 8.44 %LSU 2023 up 6.4% rising
66 India 8.26 %LSU 2023 up 6.2% rising
67 Namibia 8.07 %LSU 2023 down 12.6% rising
68 Guinea 7.89 %LSU 2023 up 22.9% rising
69 Equatorial Guinea 7.52 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
70 Morocco 7.33 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
71 Dominica 7.31 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
72 Algeria 6.95 %LSU 2023 down 13.0% falling
73 Bahrain 6.88 %LSU 2023 down 9.5% falling
74 Qatar 6.75 %LSU 2023 down 38.2% falling
75 Ethiopia PDR 6.44 %LSU 1992 down 10.7% falling
76 Lebanon 6.06 %LSU 2023 down 15.2% falling
77 Guadeloupe 5.58 %LSU 2006 down 15.2% flat
78 China, mainland 4.85 %LSU 2023 down 7.1% flat
79 China 4.81 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% flat
80 Cook Islands 4.76 %LSU 2023 down 19.5% volatile
81 Sao Tome and Principe 4.7 %LSU 2023 down 10.3% falling
82 Philippines 4.57 %LSU 2023 up 8.8% volatile
82 Tunisia 4.57 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% rising
84 Bahamas 4.19 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% falling
85 Madagascar 4.06 %LSU 2023 up 60.5% rising
86 Tonga 4.03 %LSU 2023 up 7.5% rising
87 South Africa 3.83 %LSU 2023 down 4.7% flat
88 Montenegro 3.74 %LSU 2023 up 11.6% rising
89 North Macedonia 3.73 %LSU 2023 up 49.8% rising
90 Malta 3.7 %LSU 2023 up 148.3% volatile
90 Romania 3.7 %LSU 2023 up 38.1% volatile
92 Sri Lanka 3.64 %LSU 2023 up 9.0% falling
93 Indonesia 3.53 %LSU 2023 down 38.1% falling
94 Bhutan 3.37 %LSU 2023 up 85.2% rising
95 Iraq 3.34 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% falling
96 Martinique 3.27 %LSU 2006 down 49.0% rising
97 Kyrgyzstan 3.11 %LSU 2023 down 42.9% rising
98 Kuwait 2.98 %LSU 2023 up 5.3% volatile
98 Uzbekistan 2.98 %LSU 2023 down 13.6% rising
100 Bulgaria 2.63 %LSU 2023 down 27.7% volatile
101 Réunion 2.04 %LSU 2006 down 10.9% falling
102 Guyana 1.98 %LSU 2023 down 13.5% rising
103 Mexico 1.95 %LSU 2023 down 8.9% falling
104 Peru 1.92 %LSU 2023 down 13.9% falling
105 Kazakhstan 1.91 %LSU 2023 down 47.4% rising
106 Myanmar 1.9 %LSU 2023 down 30.9% rising
107 Cuba 1.73 %LSU 2023 up 6.8% volatile
108 Azerbaijan 1.65 %LSU 2023 down 28.6% rising
109 Portugal 1.54 %LSU 2023 down 7.2% falling
110 Egypt 1.51 %LSU 2023 down 66.4% rising
111 Spain 1.46 %LSU 2023 down 13.1% falling
112 Mauritius 1.24 %LSU 2023 down 25.3% volatile
113 Israel 1.23 %LSU 2023 down 3.1% volatile
114 Croatia 1.16 %LSU 2023 up 12.6% falling
115 Australia 1.13 %LSU 2023 up 14.1% volatile
115 Serbia 1.13 %LSU 2023 down 14.4% rising
117 Italy 1.12 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
118 Chile 1.09 %LSU 2023 down 8.4% falling
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.02 %LSU 2023 up 12.1% falling
120 Argentina 0.94 %LSU 2023 down 9.6% falling
120 Ukraine 0.94 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
122 French Guiana 0.9 %LSU 2006 up 2.3% falling
123 OECD 0.88 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
124 Australia and New Zealand 0.87 %LSU 2023 up 16.0% volatile
125 Barbados 0.85 %LSU 2023 down 19.0% volatile
126 Malaysia 0.84 %LSU 2023 down 25.0% falling
127 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.8 %LSU 2023 up 53.8% volatile
128 Serbia and Montenegro 0.73 %LSU 2005 down 38.1% falling
129 Slovenia 0.71 %LSU 2023 up 9.2% rising
130 Russian Federation 0.69 %LSU 2023 down 20.7% rising
131 Vanuatu 0.67 %LSU 2023 down 46.8% falling
132 Georgia 0.65 %LSU 2023 up 14.0% flat
133 Brazil 0.64 %LSU 2023 up 28.0% falling
134 France 0.61 %LSU 2023 up 15.1% rising
135 USSR 0.59 %LSU 1991 up 9.3% falling
136 Thailand 0.57 %LSU 2023 up 18.8% volatile
137 Norway 0.52 %LSU 2023 up 13.0% falling
138 Suriname 0.49 %LSU 2023 up 11.4% volatile
139 Dominican Republic 0.47 %LSU 2023 down 19.0% volatile
140 Armenia 0.44 %LSU 2023 down 17.0% falling
140 Republic of Korea 0.44 %LSU 2023 up 12.8% falling
140 China, Taiwan Province of 0.44 %LSU 2023 down 33.3% falling
143 Colombia 0.43 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% rising
143 Slovakia 0.43 %LSU 2022 down 27.1% rising
145 Austria 0.42 %LSU 2023 up 61.5% volatile
145 Switzerland 0.42 %LSU 2023 down 6.7% rising
147 Costa Rica 0.39 %LSU 2023 down 35.0% volatile
148 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3 %LSU 2023 down 37.5% volatile
149 Latvia 0.28 %LSU 2023 down 17.6% rising
150 Guatemala 0.27 %LSU 2023 down 12.9% falling
150 Luxembourg 0.27 %LSU 2022 up 8.0% volatile
152 Singapore 0.26 %LSU 2023 up 36.8% volatile
153 New Caledonia 0.24 %LSU 2023 down 35.1% volatile
154 Lithuania 0.23 %LSU 2023 up 27.8% rising
155 Czechia 0.21 %LSU 2023 up 31.2% rising
156 Hungary 0.2 %LSU 2023 down 62.3% volatile
157 Belgium 0.19 %LSU 2022 up 137.5% rising
158 Puerto Rico 0.17 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
158 El Salvador 0.17 %LSU 2023 unchanged flat
158 Brunei Darussalam 0.17 %LSU 2023 down 52.8% volatile
161 Estonia 0.15 %LSU 2023 down 11.8% rising
162 Czechoslovakia 0.13 %LSU 1992 up 30.0% volatile
163 Belarus 0.12 %LSU 2023 down 25.0% rising
163 Iceland 0.12 %LSU 2023 up 140.0% volatile
165 Paraguay 0.11 %LSU 2023 down 21.4% falling
166 Germany 0.09 %LSU 2023 up 50.0% volatile
166 Honduras 0.09 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
166 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.09 %LSU 2023 down 18.2% volatile
169 Poland 0.07 %LSU 2023 down 36.4% falling
169 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.07 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
171 Ecuador 0.06 %LSU 2023 down 64.7% volatile
171 Panama 0.06 %LSU 2023 up 20.0% rising
171 Papua New Guinea 0.06 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
174 Finland 0.05 %LSU 2023 up 66.7% volatile
174 New Zealand 0.05 %LSU 2023 down 16.7% volatile
176 Belize 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
176 Canada 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
176 Japan 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged volatile
176 Nicaragua 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
176 Uruguay 0.02 %LSU 2023 unchanged rising
176 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.02 %LSU 1999 unchanged rising
182 Ireland 0.01 %LSU 2022 unchanged falling
183 Tuvalu 0 %LSU 1992 down 100.0% volatile

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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
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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.