What is goats — share in total livestock in Asia?

Goats — share in total livestock in Asia was 6.69 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Asia?

The highest recorded value was 7.11 %LSU in 2019.

What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Asia?

The lowest recorded value was 5.25 %LSU in 1973.

How does Asia rank for goats — share in total livestock?

Asia ranks 14th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Asia?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Asia 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.

Goats — Share in total livestock in Asia

Name: Goats — Share in total livestock in Asia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Asia: Goats — Share in total livestock was 6.69 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

6.69 %LSU

Change on year

down 0.4%

Rank

14th

of 35 groups

All-time high

7.11 %LSU

in 2019

All-time low

5.25 %LSU

in 1973

Years of data

1961–2023

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

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for goats — share in total livestock in Asia is 6.69 %LSU, measured in 2023.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Asia peaked at 7.11 %LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.25 %LSU, in 1973.

That places Asia 14th out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	5.9 %LSU	5.46 %LSU	6.52 %LSU	9
1970s	5.52 %LSU	5.25 %LSU	5.9 %LSU	10
1980s	5.93 %LSU	5.63 %LSU	6.21 %LSU	10
1990s	6.47 %LSU	6.05 %LSU	6.94 %LSU	10
2000s	6.89 %LSU	6.77 %LSU	7.01 %LSU	10
2010s	6.84 %LSU	6.66 %LSU	7.11 %LSU	10
2020s	6.76 %LSU	6.69 %LSU	6.85 %LSU	4

Countries ranked near Asia

11 Nepal 22.92 %LSU compare
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22.82 %LSU compare
13 Mali 22.03 %LSU compare
14 Yemen 21 %LSU compare
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.11 %LSU compare
16 Mongolia 19.82 %LSU compare
17 Mozambique 19.66 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

More environment data for Asia

Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 251,913 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 947,202 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 62.13 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 30.44 % (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.44 g/Int$ (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 100,624 1000 ha (2024)
Country area — Area 3.20 million 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 86,424 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 3.11 million 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Share in Land area 18.55 % (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is goats — share in total livestock in Asia?: Goats — share in total livestock in Asia was 6.69 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Asia?: The highest recorded value was 7.11 %LSU in 2019.
What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Asia?: The lowest recorded value was 5.25 %LSU in 1973.
How does Asia rank for goats — share in total livestock?: Asia ranks 14th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Asia?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Asia 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: 12 August 2026

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.