Goats — Share in total livestock in Americas

Americas: Goats — Share in total livestock was 0.7 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.7 %LSU
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
31st
of 35 groups
All-time high
1.07 %LSU
in 1961
All-time low
0.69 %LSU
in 1996
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Goats — Share in total livestock in Americas, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

Americas recorded 0.7 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023.

The figure is up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Americas peaked at 1.07 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.69 %LSU, in 1996.

Americas ranks 31st of 35 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.01 %LSU 0.92 %LSU 1.07 %LSU 9
1970s 0.799 %LSU 0.74 %LSU 0.88 %LSU 10
1980s 0.781 %LSU 0.74 %LSU 0.83 %LSU 10
1990s 0.771 %LSU 0.69 %LSU 0.84 %LSU 10
2000s 0.733 %LSU 0.71 %LSU 0.75 %LSU 10
2010s 0.71 %LSU 0.69 %LSU 0.72 %LSU 10
2020s 0.71 %LSU 0.7 %LSU 0.73 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 28 Zimbabwe 16.01 %LSU compare
  2. 29 Uganda 15.48 %LSU compare
  3. 30 Liberia 15.26 %LSU compare
  4. 31 South Sudan 15.24 %LSU compare
  5. 32 Eswatini 15.09 %LSU compare
  6. 33 Greece 15.06 %LSU compare
  7. 34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.34 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is goats — share in total livestock in Americas?
Goats — share in total livestock in Americas was 0.7 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 1.07 %LSU in 1961.
What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 0.69 %LSU in 1996.
How does Americas rank for goats — share in total livestock?
Americas ranks 31st out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Goats — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.