What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?

The highest recorded value was 11.7 %LSU in 2019.

What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?

The lowest recorded value was 7.52 %LSU in 1969.

How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for goats — share in total livestock?

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 10th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?

Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Goats — Share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Name: Goats — Share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Goats — Share in total livestock was 11.54 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

11.54 %LSU

Change on year

up 0.1%

Rank

10th

of 35 groups

All-time high

11.7 %LSU

in 2019

All-time low

7.52 %LSU

in 1969

Years of data

1961–2023

Goats — Share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.

Analysis

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 11.54 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 11.7 %LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7.52 %LSU, in 1969.

That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 10th out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	7.82 %LSU	7.52 %LSU	8.1 %LSU	9
1970s	7.86 %LSU	7.55 %LSU	8.33 %LSU	10
1980s	8.56 %LSU	8.22 %LSU	9.17 %LSU	10
1990s	9.97 %LSU	9.33 %LSU	10.47 %LSU	10
2000s	10.54 %LSU	10.31 %LSU	10.81 %LSU	10
2010s	10.96 %LSU	10.58 %LSU	11.7 %LSU	10
2020s	11.52 %LSU	11.42 %LSU	11.6 %LSU	4

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 26.51 %LSU compare
8 Comoros 25.57 %LSU compare
9 Ghana 24.41 %LSU compare
10 Cabo Verde 24.37 %LSU compare
11 Nepal 22.92 %LSU compare
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22.82 %LSU compare
13 Mali 22.03 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

More environment data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Cropland — Share in Land area 10.78 % (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4.43 million t (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 5.12 million t (2024)
Agriculture — Area 1.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Area 1.21 million 1000 ha (2024)
Agricultural land — Share in Land area 41.05 % (2024)
Cropland — Area 317,994 1000 ha (2024)
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 26.26 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 893,088 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.57 % (2024)

All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →

Frequently asked questions

What is goats — share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?: Goats — share in total livestock in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 11.54 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?: The highest recorded value was 11.7 %LSU in 2019.
What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?: The lowest recorded value was 7.52 %LSU in 1969.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for goats — share in total livestock?: Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 10th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?: Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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

Indicator: Goats — Share in total livestock
Unit: %LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 234 places, 13,227 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.