Goats — Share in total livestock in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Goats — Share in total livestock was 13.23 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 13.23 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Eastern Africa peaked at 13.23 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.14 %LSU, in 1974.
Eastern Africa ranks 9th of 42 regions 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 | 8.94 %LSU | 8.64 %LSU | 9.12 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.52 %LSU | 8.14 %LSU | 8.96 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.25 %LSU | 8.9 %LSU | 9.97 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.2 %LSU | 8.91 %LSU | 9.52 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.25 %LSU | 9.26 %LSU | 11.35 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.71 %LSU | 11.06 %LSU | 13.22 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.01 %LSU | 12.73 %LSU | 13.23 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 21.2 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 4.47 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 11.79 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 10.99 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 157,643 million USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 326.16 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 17.13 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Eastern Africa?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Eastern Africa was 13.23 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 13.23 %LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.14 %LSU in 1974.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th out of 42 regions with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.