Goats — Share in total livestock in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Goats — Share in total livestock was 12.84 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in Burkina Faso, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, goats — share in total livestock in Burkina Faso stood at 12.84 %LSU.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Burkina Faso peaked at 18.39 %LSU in 1989 and was at its lowest, 12.41 %LSU, in 1967.
Burkina Faso ranks 45th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.94 %LSU | 12.41 %LSU | 13.68 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.32 %LSU | 12.78 %LSU | 14.66 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.25 %LSU | 14.97 %LSU | 18.39 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.31 %LSU | 18.24 %LSU | 18.37 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.92 %LSU | 16.05 %LSU | 18.37 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.27 %LSU | 16.62 %LSU | 17.84 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.21 %LSU | 12.84 %LSU | 17.78 %LSU | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -16.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3027 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4048 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -14.69 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Burkina Faso?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Burkina Faso was 12.84 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 18.39 %LSU in 1989.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.41 %LSU in 1967.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Burkina Faso ranks 45th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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
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.