Goats — Stocks in Bhutan
Bhutan: Goats — Stocks was 6,080 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Stocks in Bhutan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for goats — stocks in Bhutan is 6,080 LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.6% on the previous year and up 54.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Bhutan peaked at 6,080 LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,450 LSU, in 1992.
That places Bhutan 125th out of 183 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Goats — Stocks in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,550 LSU | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 1,500 LSU | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 1,520 LSU | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 1,530 LSU | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 1,535 LSU | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 1,540 LSU | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 1,550 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 1,550 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,560 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1,565 LSU | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 1,570 LSU | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 1,580 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 1,590 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 1,600 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1,600 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,610 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 1,630 LSU | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 1,650 LSU | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 1,697 LSU | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 1,882 LSU | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 2,255 LSU | +19.8% |
| 1984 | 2,531 LSU | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 2,928 LSU | +15.7% |
| 1986 | 2,800 LSU | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 4,806 LSU | +71.6% |
| 1988 | 3,685 LSU | -23.3% |
| 1989 | 3,259 LSU | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 3,691 LSU | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 2,510 LSU | -32.0% |
| 1992 | 1,450 LSU | -42.2% |
| 1993 | 2,000 LSU | +37.9% |
| 1994 | 2,673 LSU | +33.7% |
| 1995 | 3,511 LSU | +31.3% |
| 1996 | 3,632 LSU | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 3,559 LSU | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 3,600 LSU | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 3,601 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3,133 LSU | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 2,295 LSU | -26.7% |
| 2002 | 2,407 LSU | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 2,295 LSU | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 2,385 LSU | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 2,051 LSU | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 2,221 LSU | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 2,830 LSU | +27.4% |
| 2008 | 3,910 LSU | +38.2% |
| 2009 | 3,862 LSU | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 4,313 LSU | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 4,373 LSU | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 3,902 LSU | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 3,926 LSU | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 4,886 LSU | +24.4% |
| 2015 | 4,198 LSU | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 3,951 LSU | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 4,269 LSU | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 4,384 LSU | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 4,774 LSU | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 4,412 LSU | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 5,958 LSU | +35.0% |
| 2022 | 5,600 LSU | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 6,080 LSU | +8.6% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 6,080 LSU is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 219,928 LSU, 3% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 6,080 LSU is below the median for South Asia, which is 1.45 million LSU, 0% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Stocks in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +71.6% | 2,800 LSU | 4,806 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,525 LSU | 1,500 LSU | 1,550 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,586 LSU | 1,550 LSU | 1,630 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,749 LSU | 1,650 LSU | 4,806 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,023 LSU | 1,450 LSU | 3,691 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,739 LSU | 2,051 LSU | 3,910 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,298 LSU | 3,902 LSU | 4,886 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,512 LSU | 4,412 LSU | 6,080 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 122 Norway 7,180 LSU compare
- 123 New Zealand 6,095 LSU compare
- 124 Poland 6,090 LSU compare
- 126 Czechoslovakia 5,934 LSU compare
- 127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,100 LSU compare
- 128 Belarus 5,030 LSU compare
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % 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 -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — stocks in Bhutan?
- Goats — stocks in Bhutan was 6,080 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,080 LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,450 LSU in 1992.
- How does Bhutan rank for goats — stocks?
- Bhutan ranks 125th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Goats — Stocks. 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.