Goats — Stocks in Libya
Libya: Goats — Stocks was 271,932 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goats — Stocks in Libya, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Libya recorded 271,932 LSU for goats — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Libya peaked at 271,932 LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 85,000 LSU, in 1986.
Libya ranks 53rd of 183 countries 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 — Stocks in Libya, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 122,425 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 125,287 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 128,149 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 131,011 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 133,873 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 134,716 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 140,505 LSU | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 133,616 LSU | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 128,928 LSU | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 123,440 LSU | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 114,150 LSU | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 110,900 LSU | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 100,000 LSU | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 114,710 LSU | +14.7% |
| 1975 | 169,685 LSU | +47.9% |
| 1976 | 185,714 LSU | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 151,409 LSU | -18.5% |
| 1978 | 161,690 LSU | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 146,308 LSU | -9.5% |
| 1980 | 150,000 LSU | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 153,700 LSU | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 154,300 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 157,000 LSU | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 130,000 LSU | -17.2% |
| 1985 | 90,000 LSU | -30.8% |
| 1986 | 85,000 LSU | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 90,000 LSU | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 95,000 LSU | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 100,000 LSU | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 110,000 LSU | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 120,000 LSU | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 130,000 LSU | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 127,000 LSU | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 126,000 LSU | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 125,000 LSU | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 125,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 125,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 125,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 125,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 126,300 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 126,333 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 140,000 LSU | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 180,000 LSU | +28.6% |
| 2004 | 210,000 LSU | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 230,000 LSU | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 250,000 LSU | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 250,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 250,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 260,000 LSU | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 270,000 LSU | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 260,000 LSU | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 255,000 LSU | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 260,000 LSU | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 258,000 LSU | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 255,546 LSU | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 254,135 LSU | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 253,526 LSU | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 260,132 LSU | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 266,380 LSU | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 256,937 LSU | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 263,680 LSU | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 267,508 LSU | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 271,932 LSU | +1.7% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 271,932 LSU is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 33,826 LSU, 8.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Libya's 271,932 LSU is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 115,138 LSU, 2.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Stocks in Libya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +47.9% | 114,710 LSU | 169,685 LSU |
| 1985 | -30.8% | 130,000 LSU | 90,000 LSU |
| 2003 | +28.6% | 140,000 LSU | 180,000 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 130,946 LSU | 122,425 LSU | 140,505 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 137,801 LSU | 100,000 LSU | 185,714 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 120,500 LSU | 85,000 LSU | 157,000 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 123,800 LSU | 110,000 LSU | 130,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 202,263 LSU | 126,300 LSU | 260,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 259,272 LSU | 253,526 LSU | 270,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 265,014 LSU | 256,937 LSU | 271,932 LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for Libya
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -35.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.386 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2239 % 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 0.1672 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — stocks in Libya?
- Goats — stocks in Libya was 271,932 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 271,932 LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,000 LSU in 1986.
- How does Libya rank for goats — stocks?
- Libya ranks 53rd out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya 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.