Goats — Share in total livestock in Yemen
Yemen: Goats — Share in total livestock was 21 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Share in total livestock in Yemen, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 21 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Yemen peaked at 23.91 %LSU in 1999 and was at its lowest, 14.62 %LSU, in 1972.
Yemen ranks 11th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Goats — Share in total livestock in Yemen, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15.28 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 15.62 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 15.81 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 16.04 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 15.98 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 15.96 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 15.87 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 16.94 %LSU | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 16.3 %LSU | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 16.45 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 15.82 %LSU | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 14.62 %LSU | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 15.14 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 15.53 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 15.67 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 16.3 %LSU | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 16.35 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 16.39 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 16.28 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 16.39 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 15.6 %LSU | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 15.74 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 15.74 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15.75 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 15.63 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 15.39 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 15.39 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15.21 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 15.85 %LSU | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 21.89 %LSU | +38.1% |
| 1991 | 21.87 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 21.52 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 21.37 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 21.19 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 21.57 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 22.23 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 23.65 %LSU | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 23.74 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 23.91 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 23.28 %LSU | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 23.03 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 23.02 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 21.57 %LSU | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 21.53 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 21.48 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 21.42 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 21.47 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 21.56 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 21.56 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 21.43 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 21.23 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 21.06 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 20.96 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 20.93 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 20.82 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 20.88 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 20.8 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 20.85 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 20.8 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 20.7 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 21.11 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 21.49 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 21 %LSU | -2.3% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 21 %LSU is above the median for low income countries, which is 13.87 %LSU, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 21 %LSU is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7.33 %LSU, 2.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Share in total livestock in Yemen changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +38.1% | 15.85 %LSU | 21.89 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.98 %LSU | 15.28 %LSU | 16.94 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.86 %LSU | 14.62 %LSU | 16.45 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.67 %LSU | 15.21 %LSU | 16.39 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.29 %LSU | 21.19 %LSU | 23.91 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.99 %LSU | 21.42 %LSU | 23.28 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.98 %LSU | 20.8 %LSU | 21.43 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.07 %LSU | 20.7 %LSU | 21.49 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 8 Ghana 24.41 %LSU compare
- 9 Nepal 22.92 %LSU compare
- 9 Türkiye 5 %LSU compare
- 10 Mali 22.03 %LSU compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 4.27 %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
More environment data for Yemen
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -36.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -31.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 43.43 % change on previous year (1998)
- Standard Deviation 0.393 °C (1998)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (1998)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2018)
- 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 2.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — share in total livestock in Yemen?
- Goats — share in total livestock in Yemen was 21 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 23.91 %LSU in 1999.
- What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.62 %LSU in 1972.
- How does Yemen rank for goats — share in total livestock?
- Yemen ranks 11th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.