Goats — Share in total livestock in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Goats — Share in total livestock was 0.07 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.07 %LSU
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
169th
of 183 countries
All-time high
0.07 %LSU
in 2015
All-time low
0.04 %LSU
in 1997
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Goats — Share in total livestock in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1990–2023

00.020.040.060.081990200620231990: 0.06 %LSU1991: 0.06 %LSU1992: 0.06 %LSU1993: 0.06 %LSU1994: 0.05 %LSU1995: 0.05 %LSU1996: 0.05 %LSU1997: 0.04 %LSU1998: 0.04 %LSU1999: 0.04 %LSU2000: 0.04 %LSU2001: 0.05 %LSU2002: 0.05 %LSU2003: 0.06 %LSU2004: 0.05 %LSU2005: 0.06 %LSU2006: 0.06 %LSU2007: 0.06 %LSU2008: 0.06 %LSU2009: 0.06 %LSU2010: 0.06 %LSU2011: 0.06 %LSU2012: 0.06 %LSU2013: 0.06 %LSU2014: 0.06 %LSU2015: 0.07 %LSU2016: 0.07 %LSU2017: 0.07 %LSU2018: 0.07 %LSU2019: 0.07 %LSU2020: 0.07 %LSU2021: 0.07 %LSU2022: 0.07 %LSU2023: 0.07 %LSU

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for goats — share in total livestock in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 0.07 %LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 0.07 %LSU in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.04 %LSU, in 1997.

That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 169th out of 183 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Goats — Share in total livestock in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Goats — Share in total livestock in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1990 to 2023.
Year %LSU Change
1990 0.06 %LSU
1991 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
1992 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
1993 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
1994 0.05 %LSU -16.7%
1995 0.05 %LSU +0.0%
1996 0.05 %LSU +0.0%
1997 0.04 %LSU -20.0%
1998 0.04 %LSU +0.0%
1999 0.04 %LSU +0.0%
2000 0.04 %LSU +0.0%
2001 0.05 %LSU +25.0%
2002 0.05 %LSU +0.0%
2003 0.06 %LSU +20.0%
2004 0.05 %LSU -16.7%
2005 0.06 %LSU +20.0%
2006 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2007 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2008 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2009 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2010 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2011 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2012 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2013 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2014 0.06 %LSU +0.0%
2015 0.07 %LSU +16.7%
2016 0.07 %LSU +0.0%
2017 0.07 %LSU +0.0%
2018 0.07 %LSU +0.0%
2019 0.07 %LSU +0.0%
2020 0.07 %LSU +0.0%
2021 0.07 %LSU +0.0%
2022 0.07 %LSU +0.0%
2023 0.07 %LSU +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.051 %LSU 0.04 %LSU 0.06 %LSU 10
2000s 0.055 %LSU 0.04 %LSU 0.06 %LSU 10
2010s 0.065 %LSU 0.06 %LSU 0.07 %LSU 10
2020s 0.07 %LSU 0.07 %LSU 0.07 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 166 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.09 %LSU compare
  2. 166 Germany 0.09 %LSU compare
  3. 166 Honduras 0.09 %LSU compare
  4. 169 Poland 0.07 %LSU compare
  5. 171 Ecuador 0.06 %LSU compare
  6. 171 Panama 0.06 %LSU compare
  7. 171 Papua New Guinea 0.06 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is goats — share in total livestock in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Goats — share in total livestock in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 0.07 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 0.07 %LSU in 2015.
What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.04 %LSU in 1997.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for goats — share in total livestock?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 169th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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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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
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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.