Goats — Share in total livestock in Eswatini
Eswatini: Goats — Share in total livestock was 15.09 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in Eswatini, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 15.09 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Eswatini peaked at 15.09 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.63 %LSU, in 1976.
Eswatini ranks 30th 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.
Goats — Share in total livestock in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.18 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 7.36 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 7.3 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 7.91 %LSU | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 7.51 %LSU | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 7.78 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 8.09 %LSU | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 7.66 %LSU | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 8.03 %LSU | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 7.95 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 7.96 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 7.5 %LSU | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 7.68 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 7.2 %LSU | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 7.37 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 6.63 %LSU | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 7.16 %LSU | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 7.02 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 7.55 %LSU | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 8.06 %LSU | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 8.19 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 8.61 %LSU | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 8.93 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 8.38 %LSU | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 7.28 %LSU | -13.1% |
| 1986 | 8.13 %LSU | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 8.39 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 7.61 %LSU | -9.3% |
| 1989 | 7.52 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 7.27 %LSU | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 7.83 %LSU | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 9.3 %LSU | +18.8% |
| 1993 | 11.43 %LSU | +22.9% |
| 1994 | 11.3 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 11.22 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 11.07 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 9.42 %LSU | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 9.52 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 9.1 %LSU | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 11.63 %LSU | +27.8% |
| 2001 | 13.11 %LSU | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 10.81 %LSU | -17.5% |
| 2003 | 7.68 %LSU | -29.0% |
| 2004 | 9.44 %LSU | +22.9% |
| 2005 | 8.75 %LSU | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 8.92 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 9.79 %LSU | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 10.48 %LSU | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 12.58 %LSU | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 12.22 %LSU | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 12.24 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 12.18 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 11.67 %LSU | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 11.4 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 11.69 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 14.59 %LSU | +24.8% |
| 2017 | 14.49 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 14.48 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 14.38 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 14.41 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 14.6 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 14.76 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 15.09 %LSU | +2.2% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 15.09 %LSU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.09 %LSU, 1.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 15.09 %LSU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.42 %LSU, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.65 %LSU | 7.18 %LSU | 8.09 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.4 %LSU | 6.63 %LSU | 7.96 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.11 %LSU | 7.28 %LSU | 8.93 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.75 %LSU | 7.27 %LSU | 11.43 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.32 %LSU | 7.68 %LSU | 13.11 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.93 %LSU | 11.4 %LSU | 14.59 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.71 %LSU | 14.41 %LSU | 15.09 %LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2772 % 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 -2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Eswatini?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Eswatini was 15.09 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 15.09 %LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.63 %LSU in 1976.
- How does Eswatini rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Eswatini ranks 30th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.