Goats — Share in total livestock in Melanesia
Melanesia: Goats — Share in total livestock was 3.16 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Goats — Share in total livestock in Melanesia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for goats — share in total livestock in Melanesia is 3.16 %LSU, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Melanesia peaked at 5.92 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.83 %LSU, in 1978.
Melanesia ranks 12th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Goats — Share in total livestock in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.92 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 5.76 %LSU | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 5.84 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 5.71 %LSU | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 5.54 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 5.05 %LSU | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 3.94 %LSU | -22.0% |
| 1968 | 4.21 %LSU | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 4.1 %LSU | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 3.45 %LSU | -15.9% |
| 1971 | 3.43 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 3.19 %LSU | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 2.94 %LSU | -7.8% |
| 1974 | 2.89 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 2.56 %LSU | -11.4% |
| 1976 | 2.25 %LSU | -12.1% |
| 1977 | 2.17 %LSU | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 1.83 %LSU | -15.7% |
| 1979 | 1.9 %LSU | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 2.06 %LSU | +8.4% |
| 1981 | 2.69 %LSU | +30.6% |
| 1982 | 2.81 %LSU | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 2.95 %LSU | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 3.09 %LSU | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 3.12 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 3.1 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 3.04 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 2.85 %LSU | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 2.86 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 2.67 %LSU | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 2.7 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 2.75 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 2.73 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 2.69 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 2.65 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 2.56 %LSU | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 2.76 %LSU | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 2.8 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 2.8 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2.85 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 2.81 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 2.82 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2.44 %LSU | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 3.43 %LSU | +40.6% |
| 2005 | 2.75 %LSU | -19.8% |
| 2006 | 2.83 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 2.72 %LSU | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 2.72 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.72 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.68 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 2.65 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 2.62 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 2.62 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.03 %LSU | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 3.14 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 3.25 %LSU | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 3.29 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 3.3 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 3.27 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 3.31 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 3.27 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 3.21 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 3.16 %LSU | -1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Share in total livestock in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +40.6% | 2.44 %LSU | 3.43 %LSU |
| 1981 | +30.6% | 2.06 %LSU | 2.69 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.12 %LSU | 3.94 %LSU | 5.92 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.66 %LSU | 1.83 %LSU | 3.45 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.86 %LSU | 2.06 %LSU | 3.12 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.71 %LSU | 2.56 %LSU | 2.8 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.81 %LSU | 2.44 %LSU | 3.43 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.99 %LSU | 2.62 %LSU | 3.3 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.24 %LSU | 3.16 %LSU | 3.31 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 9 Nepal 22.92 %LSU compare
- 9 Türkiye 5 %LSU compare
- 10 Mali 22.03 %LSU compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 4.27 %LSU compare
- 11 Yemen 21 %LSU compare
- 12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.11 %LSU compare
- 13 Mongolia 19.82 %LSU compare
- 13 Polynesia 2.88 %LSU compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.33 %LSU compare
- 14 Mozambique 19.66 %LSU compare
- 15 Grenada 19.49 %LSU compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.85 %LSU compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 52,995 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.47 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Melanesia?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Melanesia was 3.16 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.92 %LSU in 1961.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.83 %LSU in 1978.
- How does Melanesia rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Melanesia ranks 12th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.