Goats — Stocks in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Goats — Stocks was 1.03 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Stocks in European Union (27), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 1.03 million LSU for goats — stocks in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in European Union (27) peaked at 1.46 million LSU in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.03 million LSU, in 2023.
That places European Union (27) 19th out of 31 groups 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.34 million LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1.26 million LSU | -6.0% |
| 1963 | 1.19 million LSU | -6.0% |
| 1964 | 1.14 million LSU | -4.1% |
| 1965 | 1.13 million LSU | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 1.11 million LSU | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 1.15 million LSU | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 1.12 million LSU | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 1.12 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 1.09 million LSU | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 1.10 million LSU | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 1.09 million LSU | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 1.08 million LSU | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 1.07 million LSU | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 1.06 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 1.07 million LSU | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 1.07 million LSU | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 1.07 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 1.06 million LSU | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 1.07 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 1.17 million LSU | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 1.14 million LSU | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 1.19 million LSU | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 1.19 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 1.20 million LSU | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 1.26 million LSU | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 1.25 million LSU | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 1.31 million LSU | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 1.42 million LSU | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 1.43 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 1.43 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.39 million LSU | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 1.37 million LSU | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1.39 million LSU | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1.44 million LSU | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 1.40 million LSU | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 1.44 million LSU | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 1.46 million LSU | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 1.45 million LSU | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.44 million LSU | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.40 million LSU | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 1.41 million LSU | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.43 million LSU | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.39 million LSU | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 1.38 million LSU | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.37 million LSU | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 1.36 million LSU | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.37 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.35 million LSU | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.36 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.35 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.31 million LSU | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.30 million LSU | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.30 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.27 million LSU | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.28 million LSU | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.28 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.21 million LSU | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 1.21 million LSU | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.19 million LSU | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.16 million LSU | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 1.13 million LSU | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 1.03 million LSU | -8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.17 million LSU | 1.11 million LSU | 1.34 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.08 million LSU | 1.06 million LSU | 1.10 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.22 million LSU | 1.07 million LSU | 1.42 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.42 million LSU | 1.37 million LSU | 1.46 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.39 million LSU | 1.35 million LSU | 1.44 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 million LSU | 1.21 million LSU | 1.36 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.13 million LSU | 1.03 million LSU | 1.19 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 16 Niger 1.96 million LSU compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 17,039 LSU compare
- 17 Ethiopia PDR 1.81 million LSU compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 13,303 LSU compare
- 18 Uganda 1.75 million LSU compare
- 18 Polynesia 3,357 LSU compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 489.3 LSU compare
- 19 South Sudan 1.61 million LSU compare
- 19 Micronesia 489.3 LSU compare
- 20 Nepal 1.45 million LSU compare
- 21 Brazil 1.29 million LSU compare
- 22 Malawi 1.26 million LSU compare
More environment data for European Union (27)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.429 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.31 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 17.28 kg/ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 431,318 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.18 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 5.46 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 3.99 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 5.35 kg/cap (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 3.11 million 1000 USD (1989)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — stocks in European Union (27)?
- Goats — stocks in European Union (27) was 1.03 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.46 million LSU in 1998.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 million LSU in 2023.
- How does European Union (27) rank for goats — stocks?
- European Union (27) ranks 19th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.