What is goats — stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Goats — stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa was 47.51 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?

The highest recorded value was 47.51 million LSU in 2023.

What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?

The lowest recorded value was 7.64 million LSU in 1961.

How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for goats — stocks?

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.

Goats — Stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa

Name: Goats — Stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Sub-Saharan Africa: Goats — Stocks was 47.51 million LSU in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)

47.51 million LSU

Change on year

up 3.2%

Rank

5th

of 35 groups

All-time high

47.51 million LSU

in 2023

All-time low

7.64 million LSU

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Goats — Stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

In 2023, goats — stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 47.51 million LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 47.51 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.64 million LSU, in 1961.

That places Sub-Saharan Africa 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	8.33 million LSU	7.64 million LSU	9.05 million LSU	9
1970s	9.90 million LSU	9.11 million LSU	11.41 million LSU	10
1980s	12.99 million LSU	11.66 million LSU	15.18 million LSU	10
1990s	16.11 million LSU	14.61 million LSU	18.45 million LSU	10
2000s	23.09 million LSU	19.10 million LSU	27.76 million LSU	10
2010s	35.54 million LSU	28.73 million LSU	43.54 million LSU	10
2020s	45.65 million LSU	44.37 million LSU	47.51 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa

2 China 12.95 million LSU compare
3 China, mainland 12.93 million LSU compare
4 Nigeria 8.93 million LSU compare
5 Pakistan 8.47 million LSU compare
6 Ethiopia 5.36 million LSU compare
7 Chad 4.93 million LSU compare
8 OECD 3.56 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

More environment data for Sub-Saharan Africa

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 13.02 Mt CO2e (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 31.93 % (2024)
Inland waters — Area 41,984 1000 ha (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7,505 1000 ha (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 2.86 % (2024)
Total fisheries production 9.71 million metric tons (2024)
Capture fisheries production 8.80 million metric tons (2024)
Aquaculture production 904,662 metric tons (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) 10.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.79 Mt CO2e (2024)

All data for Sub-Saharan Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is goats — stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa?: Goats — stocks in Sub-Saharan Africa was 47.51 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?: The highest recorded value was 47.51 million LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?: The lowest recorded value was 7.64 million LSU in 1961.
How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for goats — stocks?: Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?: Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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

Indicator: Goats — Stocks
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: 12 August 2026

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.