Goats — Share in total livestock in United States of America

United States of America: Goats — Share in total livestock was 0.2 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.2 %LSU
Change on year
up 5.3%
Rank
29th
of 31 groups
All-time high
0.31 %LSU
in 1966
All-time low
0.08 %LSU
in 1975
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Goats — Share in total livestock in United States of America, 1961–2023

0.10.150.20.250.3196119922023

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

Analysis

United States of America recorded 0.2 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023.

That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in United States of America peaked at 0.31 %LSU in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0.08 %LSU, in 1975.

United States of America ranks 29th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Goats — Share in total livestock in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Goats — Share in total livestock in United States of America, 1961 to 2023.
Year %LSU Change
1961 0.28 %LSU
1962 0.28 %LSU +0.0%
1963 0.27 %LSU -3.6%
1964 0.28 %LSU +3.7%
1965 0.29 %LSU +3.6%
1966 0.31 %LSU +6.9%
1967 0.29 %LSU -6.5%
1968 0.26 %LSU -10.3%
1969 0.23 %LSU -11.5%
1970 0.18 %LSU -21.7%
1971 0.14 %LSU -22.2%
1972 0.11 %LSU -21.4%
1973 0.12 %LSU +9.1%
1974 0.1 %LSU -16.7%
1975 0.08 %LSU -20.0%
1976 0.08 %LSU +0.0%
1977 0.09 %LSU +12.5%
1978 0.09 %LSU +0.0%
1979 0.1 %LSU +11.1%
1980 0.1 %LSU +0.0%
1981 0.09 %LSU -10.0%
1982 0.1 %LSU +11.1%
1983 0.1 %LSU +0.0%
1984 0.1 %LSU +0.0%
1985 0.11 %LSU +10.0%
1986 0.13 %LSU +18.2%
1987 0.13 %LSU +0.0%
1988 0.14 %LSU +7.7%
1989 0.14 %LSU +0.0%
1990 0.15 %LSU +7.1%
1991 0.14 %LSU -6.7%
1992 0.16 %LSU +14.3%
1993 0.15 %LSU -6.3%
1994 0.15 %LSU +0.0%
1995 0.14 %LSU -6.7%
1996 0.14 %LSU +0.0%
1997 0.12 %LSU -14.3%
1998 0.1 %LSU -16.7%
1999 0.17 %LSU +70.0%
2000 0.17 %LSU +0.0%
2001 0.18 %LSU +5.9%
2002 0.19 %LSU +5.6%
2003 0.19 %LSU +0.0%
2004 0.19 %LSU +0.0%
2005 0.2 %LSU +5.3%
2006 0.21 %LSU +5.0%
2007 0.22 %LSU +4.8%
2008 0.23 %LSU +4.5%
2009 0.23 %LSU +0.0%
2010 0.23 %LSU +0.0%
2011 0.23 %LSU +0.0%
2012 0.21 %LSU -8.7%
2013 0.21 %LSU +0.0%
2014 0.21 %LSU +0.0%
2015 0.21 %LSU +0.0%
2016 0.2 %LSU -4.8%
2017 0.2 %LSU +0.0%
2018 0.2 %LSU +0.0%
2019 0.19 %LSU -5.0%
2020 0.2 %LSU +5.3%
2021 0.19 %LSU -5.0%
2022 0.19 %LSU +0.0%
2023 0.2 %LSU +5.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.2767 %LSU 0.23 %LSU 0.31 %LSU 9
1970s 0.109 %LSU 0.08 %LSU 0.18 %LSU 10
1980s 0.114 %LSU 0.09 %LSU 0.14 %LSU 10
1990s 0.142 %LSU 0.1 %LSU 0.17 %LSU 10
2000s 0.201 %LSU 0.17 %LSU 0.23 %LSU 10
2010s 0.209 %LSU 0.19 %LSU 0.23 %LSU 10
2020s 0.195 %LSU 0.19 %LSU 0.2 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 26 Zimbabwe 16.01 %LSU compare
  2. 27 Uganda 15.48 %LSU compare
  3. 28 Liberia 15.26 %LSU compare
  4. 29 South Sudan 15.24 %LSU compare
  5. 30 Eswatini 15.09 %LSU compare
  6. 31 Greece 15.06 %LSU compare
  7. 32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.34 %LSU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is goats — share in total livestock in United States of America?
Goats — share in total livestock in United States of America was 0.2 %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 States of America?
The highest recorded value was 0.31 %LSU in 1966.
What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 0.08 %LSU in 1975.
How does United States of America rank for goats — share in total livestock?
United States of America ranks 29th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America 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.