Goats — Share in total livestock in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Goats — Share in total livestock was 8.53 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa is 8.53 %LSU, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Northern Africa peaked at 10.69 %LSU in 1995 and was at its lowest, 7.54 %LSU, in 1988.
That places Northern Africa 11th out of 31 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.
Goats — Share in total livestock in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.49 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 9.13 %LSU | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 9.24 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 8.92 %LSU | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 8.81 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 8.86 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 9.18 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 9.27 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 9.17 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 9.13 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 8.86 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 8.78 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 8.5 %LSU | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 8.62 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 8.46 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 8.31 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 8.3 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 8.47 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 8.25 %LSU | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 8.29 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 8.1 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 7.9 %LSU | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 8.08 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 7.8 %LSU | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 7.77 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 7.79 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 7.8 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 7.54 %LSU | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 7.71 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 7.77 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 8.36 %LSU | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 8.91 %LSU | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 9.54 %LSU | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 10.47 %LSU | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 10.69 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 10.57 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 10.44 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 10.24 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 9.97 %LSU | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 10.01 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 10.11 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 10.34 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 10.31 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 10.35 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 10.3 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 10.24 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 10.18 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 10.18 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10.22 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 10.3 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 8.3 %LSU | -19.4% |
| 2012 | 8.97 %LSU | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 9 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 8.96 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 8.9 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 8.79 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 8.74 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 8.76 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 8.76 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8.62 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 8.63 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 8.55 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 8.53 %LSU | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.12 %LSU | 8.81 %LSU | 9.49 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.57 %LSU | 8.25 %LSU | 9.13 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.88 %LSU | 7.54 %LSU | 8.29 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.7 %LSU | 7.77 %LSU | 10.69 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.22 %LSU | 10.01 %LSU | 10.35 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.95 %LSU | 8.3 %LSU | 10.3 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.58 %LSU | 8.53 %LSU | 8.63 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Northern Africa?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Northern Africa was 8.53 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10.69 %LSU in 1995.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.54 %LSU in 1988.
- How does Northern Africa rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Northern Africa ranks 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.