Goats — Share in total livestock in Nepal
Nepal: Goats — Share in total livestock was 22.92 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in Nepal, 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 Nepal is 22.92 %LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 42.8% on the previous year and up 88.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Nepal peaked at 22.92 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.66 %LSU, in 1980.
That places Nepal 9th 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.5 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 9.81 %LSU | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 9.78 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 9.88 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 9.9 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 10.03 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 9.93 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 9.86 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 9.8 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 9.76 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 9.69 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 9.58 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 9.56 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 9.46 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 9.29 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 9.16 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 9.01 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 8.91 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 8.87 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 8.66 %LSU | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 8.72 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 8.86 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 8.93 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 9.05 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 9.14 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 9.29 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 9.39 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 9.55 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 9.68 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 9.65 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 9.7 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 9.76 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 9.83 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 9.58 %LSU | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 9.44 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 9.48 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 9.59 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 9.73 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 9.85 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 9.95 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 10.1 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 10.19 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 10.34 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 10.48 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 10.59 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 10.83 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 11.2 %LSU | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 11.4 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 11.59 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 11.87 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 11.89 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 12.04 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 12.19 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 12.68 %LSU | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 12.73 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 13.14 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 13.25 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 13.57 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 14.1 %LSU | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 14.48 %LSU | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 15.29 %LSU | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 16.05 %LSU | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 22.92 %LSU | +42.8% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 22.92 %LSU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.09 %LSU, 2.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 22.92 %LSU is above the median for South Asia, which is 8.26 %LSU, 2.8× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Share in total livestock in Nepal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +42.8% | 16.05 %LSU | 22.92 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.83 %LSU | 9.5 %LSU | 10.03 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.33 %LSU | 8.87 %LSU | 9.76 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.13 %LSU | 8.66 %LSU | 9.68 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.66 %LSU | 9.44 %LSU | 9.85 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.67 %LSU | 9.95 %LSU | 11.59 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.75 %LSU | 11.87 %LSU | 14.1 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.19 %LSU | 14.48 %LSU | 22.92 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 6 Burundi 27.38 %LSU compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.29 %LSU compare
- 7 Comoros 25.57 %LSU compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 7.61 %LSU compare
- 8 Ghana 24.41 %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
- 12 Melanesia 3.16 %LSU compare
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.54 % 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 -6.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Nepal?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Nepal was 22.92 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 22.92 %LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.66 %LSU in 1980.
- How does Nepal rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Nepal ranks 9th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.