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 183 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.
Goats — Share in total livestock in Malawi, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17.84 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 16.52 %LSU | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 14.24 %LSU | -13.8% |
| 1964 | 14.97 %LSU | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 14.09 %LSU | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 14.01 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 17.19 %LSU | +22.7% |
| 1968 | 17.66 %LSU | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 14.91 %LSU | -15.6% |
| 1970 | 14.38 %LSU | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 15.46 %LSU | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 14.12 %LSU | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 12.31 %LSU | -12.8% |
| 1974 | 13.58 %LSU | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 13.6 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 13.46 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 14.75 %LSU | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 13.64 %LSU | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 11.17 %LSU | -18.1% |
| 1980 | 10.94 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 11.13 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 11.52 %LSU | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 9.46 %LSU | -17.9% |
| 1984 | 10.63 %LSU | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 10.78 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 10.44 %LSU | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 10.83 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 12.4 %LSU | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 12.51 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 12.64 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 12.66 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 13.83 %LSU | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 14.39 %LSU | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 13.17 %LSU | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 12.59 %LSU | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 18.27 %LSU | +45.1% |
| 1997 | 22.63 %LSU | +23.9% |
| 1998 | 21.05 %LSU | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 19.15 %LSU | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 21.03 %LSU | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 21.19 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 20.95 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 21.27 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 22.86 %LSU | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 22.44 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 24.82 %LSU | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 25.53 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 25.78 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 26.65 %LSU | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 26.33 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 27.42 %LSU | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 27.86 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 28.09 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 29.44 %LSU | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 29.81 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 31.35 %LSU | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 30.89 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 26.46 %LSU | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 26.1 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 27.95 %LSU | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 29.5 %LSU | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 28.88 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 28.63 %LSU | -0.9% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 28.63 %LSU is above the median for low income countries, which is 13.87 %LSU, 2.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 28.63 %LSU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.42 %LSU, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Share in total livestock in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +45.1% | 12.59 %LSU | 18.27 %LSU |
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
- 1 Cabo Verde 24.37 %LSU compare
- 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 26.51 %LSU compare
- 1 Togo 36.03 %LSU compare
- 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22.82 %LSU compare
- 2 Nigeria 30.42 %LSU compare
- 4 Antigua and Barbuda 28.16 %LSU compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 13.25 %LSU compare
- 5 Oman 27.89 %LSU compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 11.88 %LSU compare
- 6 Burundi 27.38 %LSU compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.29 %LSU compare
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (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 183 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.