Goats — Stocks in Somalia
Somalia: Goats — Stocks was 1.15 million LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Goats — Stocks in Somalia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 1.15 million LSU for goats — stocks in 2023.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Somalia peaked at 2.06 million LSU in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1.00 million LSU, in 1992.
Somalia ranks 23rd of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Goats — Stocks in Somalia, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.18 million LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1.20 million LSU | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 1.22 million LSU | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 1.25 million LSU | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 1.30 million LSU | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 1.35 million LSU | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 1.40 million LSU | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 1.45 million LSU | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 1.46 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 1.48 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 1.45 million LSU | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 1.47 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 1.50 million LSU | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 1.40 million LSU | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 1.53 million LSU | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 1.50 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 1.60 million LSU | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 1.72 million LSU | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 1.68 million LSU | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 1.70 million LSU | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 1.80 million LSU | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 1.90 million LSU | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 1.80 million LSU | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 1.83 million LSU | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 1.90 million LSU | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 1.92 million LSU | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 1.97 million LSU | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 2.06 million LSU | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 2.03 million LSU | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 1.85 million LSU | -8.9% |
| 1991 | 1.40 million LSU | -24.3% |
| 1992 | 1.00 million LSU | -28.6% |
| 1993 | 1.10 million LSU | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 1.20 million LSU | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 1.25 million LSU | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 1.28 million LSU | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 1.30 million LSU | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 1.25 million LSU | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 1.20 million LSU | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 1.23 million LSU | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 1.27 million LSU | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 1.27 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.30 million LSU | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 1.38 million LSU | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 1.46 million LSU | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 1.27 million LSU | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 1.14 million LSU | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 1.14 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.14 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.15 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.15 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.15 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.16 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.16 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.16 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.17 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1.17 million LSU | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.17 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.17 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.15 million LSU | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.15 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.15 million LSU | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.15 million LSU | -0.3% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 1.15 million LSU is above the median for low income countries, which is 901,180 LSU, 1.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 1.15 million LSU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 443,946 LSU, 2.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goats — Stocks in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -28.6% | 1.40 million LSU | 1.00 million LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.31 million LSU | 1.18 million LSU | 1.46 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.53 million LSU | 1.40 million LSU | 1.72 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.89 million LSU | 1.70 million LSU | 2.06 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.28 million LSU | 1.00 million LSU | 1.85 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.26 million LSU | 1.14 million LSU | 1.46 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.16 million LSU | 1.15 million LSU | 1.17 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 million LSU | 1.15 million LSU | 1.15 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5029 % 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 -0.1376 % 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 Somalia?
- Goats — stocks in Somalia was 1.15 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.06 million LSU in 1988.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.00 million LSU in 1992.
- How does Somalia rank for goats — stocks?
- Somalia ranks 23rd out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.