Goats — Share in total livestock in Malawi
Malawi: Goats — Share in total livestock was 28.63 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, goats — share in total livestock in Malawi stood at 28.63 %LSU.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Malawi peaked at 31.35 %LSU in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9.46 %LSU, in 1983.
That places Malawi 3rd out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.71 %LSU | 14.01 %LSU | 17.84 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.65 %LSU | 11.17 %LSU | 15.46 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.06 %LSU | 9.46 %LSU | 12.51 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.04 %LSU | 12.59 %LSU | 22.63 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.25 %LSU | 20.95 %LSU | 26.65 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.38 %LSU | 26.1 %LSU | 31.35 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.74 %LSU | 27.95 %LSU | 29.5 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,743 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 165 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 116 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 53 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 15,306 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 12,609 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Malawi?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Malawi was 28.63 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 31.35 %LSU in 2016.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.46 %LSU in 1983.
- How does Malawi rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Malawi ranks 3rd out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.