Goats — Share in total livestock in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Goats — Share in total livestock was 16.01 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
16.01 %LSU
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
28th
of 199 countries
All-time high
16.28 %LSU
in 2019
All-time low
2.14 %LSU
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Goats — Share in total livestock in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

Zimbabwe recorded 16.01 %LSU for goats — share in total livestock in 2023.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 28.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goats — share in total livestock in Zimbabwe peaked at 16.28 %LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.14 %LSU, in 1961.

That places Zimbabwe 28th out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 3.42 %LSU 2.14 %LSU 4.95 %LSU 9
1970s 5.44 %LSU 4.31 %LSU 6.07 %LSU 10
1980s 5.02 %LSU 2.95 %LSU 6.91 %LSU 10
1990s 8.29 %LSU 6.79 %LSU 9.63 %LSU 10
2000s 9.55 %LSU 8.4 %LSU 11.52 %LSU 10
2010s 12.6 %LSU 9.51 %LSU 16.28 %LSU 10
2020s 15.85 %LSU 15.61 %LSU 16.01 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

  1. 25 Jamaica 16.71 %LSU compare
  2. 26 Libya 16.49 %LSU compare
  3. 27 Benin 16.41 %LSU compare
  4. 29 Uganda 15.48 %LSU compare
  5. 30 Liberia 15.26 %LSU compare
  6. 31 South Sudan 15.24 %LSU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is goats — share in total livestock in Zimbabwe?
Goats — share in total livestock in Zimbabwe was 16.01 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 16.28 %LSU in 2019.
What is the lowest goats — share in total livestock recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 2.14 %LSU in 1961.
How does Zimbabwe rank for goats — share in total livestock?
Zimbabwe ranks 28th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
Is goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zimbabwe 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

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
Last refreshed

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.