Goats — Share in total livestock in World
World: Goats — Share in total livestock was 5.74 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in World, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
World recorded 5.74 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in World peaked at 5.8 %LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.01 %LSU, in 1973.
World ranks 13th of 31 groups on this measure, 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 World, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.38 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 3.47 %LSU | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 3.47 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3.4 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 3.3 %LSU | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 3.25 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 3.18 %LSU | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 3.19 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 3.18 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 3.15 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 3.1 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 3.05 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 3.01 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 3.01 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3.06 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 3.12 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 3.15 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 3.25 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 3.33 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 3.35 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 3.4 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 3.42 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 3.47 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 3.4 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 3.39 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 3.44 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 3.57 %LSU | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 3.7 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 3.83 %LSU | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 3.9 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 3.93 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 3.95 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 4 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 4.15 %LSU | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 4.31 %LSU | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 4.47 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 4.49 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 4.62 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 4.69 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 4.75 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 4.8 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 4.78 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 4.81 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 4.89 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 4.96 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 4.89 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 5 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 5.06 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 5.09 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 5.09 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.15 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 5.21 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 5.31 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 5.38 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 5.42 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 5.49 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 5.49 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.57 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 5.8 %LSU | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 5.73 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 5.69 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 5.73 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 5.74 %LSU | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.31 %LSU | 3.18 %LSU | 3.47 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.12 %LSU | 3.01 %LSU | 3.33 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.5 %LSU | 3.35 %LSU | 3.83 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.25 %LSU | 3.9 %LSU | 4.69 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.9 %LSU | 4.75 %LSU | 5.09 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.39 %LSU | 5.09 %LSU | 5.8 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.72 %LSU | 5.69 %LSU | 5.74 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 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
- 13 Mongolia 19.82 %LSU compare
- 13 Polynesia 2.88 %LSU compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.33 %LSU compare
- 14 Mozambique 19.66 %LSU compare
- 15 Grenada 19.49 %LSU compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.85 %LSU compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 1.84 %LSU compare
- 16 United Arab Emirates 19.08 %LSU compare
More environment data for World
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.27 % 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 0.2123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in World?
- Goats — share in total livestock in World was 5.74 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8 %LSU in 2019.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.01 %LSU in 1973.
- How does World rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- World ranks 13th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.