Goats — Share in total livestock in Cameroon
Cameroon: Goats — Share in total livestock was 13.27 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 13.27 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Cameroon peaked at 14.12 %LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7.74 %LSU, in 1981.
That places Cameroon 42nd out of 183 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Goats — Share in total livestock in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.86 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 8.05 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 7.87 %LSU | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 8.87 %LSU | +12.7% |
| 1965 | 8.69 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 9.7 %LSU | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 10.24 %LSU | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 10.03 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 9.86 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 9.95 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 9.72 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 10.69 %LSU | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 10.11 %LSU | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 10.12 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 9.67 %LSU | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 9.1 %LSU | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 10.1 %LSU | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 10.89 %LSU | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 10.23 %LSU | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 8.9 %LSU | -13.0% |
| 1981 | 7.74 %LSU | -13.0% |
| 1982 | 7.85 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 8.14 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 8.35 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 8.02 %LSU | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 8.31 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 8.64 %LSU | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 8.97 %LSU | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 9.53 %LSU | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 10.01 %LSU | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 10.23 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 10.29 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 10.36 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 10.36 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10.45 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 10.46 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 10.31 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 10.07 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 9.47 %LSU | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 10.34 %LSU | +9.2% |
| 2001 | 10.16 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 10.37 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 10.09 %LSU | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 10.01 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 9.81 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 9.7 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 9.63 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 10.7 %LSU | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 10.69 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 12.76 %LSU | +19.4% |
| 2011 | 13.84 %LSU | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 13.27 %LSU | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 13.48 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 12.76 %LSU | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 12.72 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 13.11 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 13.21 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 13.45 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 13.58 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 14.12 %LSU | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 13.29 %LSU | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 13.18 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 13.27 %LSU | +0.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 13.27 %LSU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.09 %LSU, 1.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 13.27 %LSU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.42 %LSU, 99% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.02 %LSU | 7.86 %LSU | 10.24 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.06 %LSU | 9.1 %LSU | 10.89 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.45 %LSU | 7.74 %LSU | 9.53 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.2 %LSU | 9.47 %LSU | 10.46 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.15 %LSU | 9.63 %LSU | 10.7 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.22 %LSU | 12.72 %LSU | 13.84 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.46 %LSU | 13.18 %LSU | 14.12 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 39 Fiji 13.38 %LSU compare
- 40 Turkmenistan 13.3 %LSU compare
- 41 Guinea-Bissau 13.28 %LSU compare
- 43 Senegal 13.21 %LSU compare
- 44 Chad 12.86 %LSU compare
- 45 Burkina Faso 12.84 %LSU compare
More environment data for Cameroon
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6539 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4385 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Cameroon?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Cameroon was 13.27 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 14.12 %LSU in 2020.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.74 %LSU in 1981.
- How does Cameroon rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Cameroon ranks 42nd out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.