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Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock by country

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...

Countries reporting
203
Highest
87.25 %LSU
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 %LSU
Tuvalu
Median
12.4 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,567

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 87.25 %LSU in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 %LSU in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.4 %LSU, and the mean is 16 %LSU.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 130.2%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).

Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 87.25 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% rising
2 Syrian Arab Republic 72.07 %LSU 2023 up 9.9% rising
3 Libya 62.15 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% rising
4 Greece 58.33 %LSU 2023 up 4.6% rising
5 Palestine 54.03 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
6 Turkmenistan 51.75 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% rising
7 Algeria 50.28 %LSU 2023 down 1.8% rising
8 Togo 48.85 %LSU 2023 up 12.4% rising
9 Nigeria 47.94 %LSU 2023 up 4.2% rising
10 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47.76 %LSU 2023 up 86.4% flat
11 Mauritania 45.35 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% rising
12 Mongolia 43.49 %LSU 2023 down 13.7% rising
13 Jordan 42.83 %LSU 2023 down 7.5% flat
14 Yemen 42.76 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% rising
15 Lesotho 42.15 %LSU 2023 up 8.3% falling
16 Albania 40.48 %LSU 2023 up 11.3% flat
17 Ghana 40.14 %LSU 2023 up 3.6% rising
18 Equatorial Guinea 39.03 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% falling
19 Mali 37.98 %LSU 2023 up 16.2% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 37.95 %LSU 2023 down 1.8% falling
21 Antigua and Barbuda 36.98 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
22 United Arab Emirates 36.13 %LSU 2023 down 11.6% rising
23 Oman 35.22 %LSU 2023 up 1.0% rising
24 Morocco 34.21 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% falling
25 Cyprus 32.53 %LSU 2022 up 13.1% falling
26 Burundi 32.36 %LSU 2023 down 24.9% rising
27 Djibouti 32.2 %LSU 2023 down 1.9% falling
28 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31.69 %LSU 2023 up 8.7% falling
29 Comoros 31 %LSU 2023 down 1.4% rising
30 Romania 30.53 %LSU 2023 up 42.5% rising
31 Senegal 29.9 %LSU 2023 up 1.2% rising
32 Malawi 29.47 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% rising
33 Tunisia 29.34 %LSU 2023 down 9.0% falling
34 North Macedonia 29.33 %LSU 2023 up 9.6% falling
35 Kyrgyzstan 29.15 %LSU 2023 down 9.0% falling
36 Afghanistan 29.03 %LSU 2023 down 3.1% falling
37 South Sudan 28.92 %LSU 2023 down 11.1% falling
38 Kenya 28.25 %LSU 2023 up 7.6% rising
39 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27.88 %LSU 2023 down 23.2% rising
40 Liberia 27.82 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% falling
41 Benin 27.73 %LSU 2023 up 72.9% falling
42 Cabo Verde 27.68 %LSU 2023 down 9.9% rising
43 Azerbaijan 27.67 %LSU 2023 down 9.7% rising
44 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27.64 %LSU 2023 up 8.4% volatile
45 Grenada 27.29 %LSU 2023 up 19.0% rising
46 Burkina Faso 26.38 %LSU 2023 down 7.7% rising
47 Gabon 25.94 %LSU 2023 up 2.9% falling
48 Chad 25.56 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% rising
49 Türkiye 25.41 %LSU 2023 up 15.3% falling
50 Montenegro 25.23 %LSU 2023 down 5.7% rising
51 Sudan (former) 24.95 %LSU 2011 down 11.1% rising
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.93 %LSU 2023 up 28.6% rising
53 Bahrain 24.7 %LSU 2023 up 2.8% rising
54 Tajikistan 24.67 %LSU 2023 down 2.3% rising
55 Sudan 24.59 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% flat
56 Eritrea 24.35 %LSU 2023 up 2.3% flat
57 Iceland 24.19 %LSU 2023 down 14.4% falling
58 Gambia 23.96 %LSU 2023 up 84.3% rising
59 Nepal 23.71 %LSU 2023 up 79.6% rising
60 Niger 23.7 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% falling
61 Somalia 22.26 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
62 Côte d'Ivoire 21.5 %LSU 2023 up 21.9% falling
63 New Zealand 21.49 %LSU 2023 down 12.6% falling
64 Qatar 21.45 %LSU 2023 down 27.2% falling
65 Guinea-Bissau 21.13 %LSU 2023 down 1.2% rising
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.12 %LSU 2023 up 48.5% rising
67 Australia and New Zealand 21.07 %LSU 2023 down 7.1% falling
68 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.97 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
69 Australia 20.94 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% falling
70 Kazakhstan 20.92 %LSU 2023 down 18.4% falling
71 Mozambique 20.76 %LSU 2023 down 20.5% volatile
72 Botswana 20.64 %LSU 2023 up 53.9% rising
73 Cameroon 20.49 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% flat
74 Uzbekistan 20.05 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
75 Uganda 19.89 %LSU 2023 up 6.9% rising
76 Iraq 19.31 %LSU 2023 down 9.4% falling
77 Bulgaria 18.76 %LSU 2023 down 8.5% falling
78 Sierra Leone 18.6 %LSU 2023 down 7.3% rising
79 Ethiopia 18.28 %LSU 2023 up 23.9% rising
80 Namibia 17.7 %LSU 2023 down 16.4% falling
81 Congo 17.36 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
82 Zimbabwe 17.28 %LSU 2023 up 30.7% rising
83 Rwanda 16.82 %LSU 2023 down 44.0% rising
84 Jamaica 16.75 %LSU 2023 up 12.9% falling
85 Norway 16.32 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% rising
86 United Republic of Tanzania 15.92 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
87 Bangladesh 15.81 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% rising
88 Eswatini 15.58 %LSU 2023 up 28.7% rising
89 Fiji 15.23 %LSU 2023 up 76.1% flat
90 Armenia 14.99 %LSU 2023 up 21.8% falling
91 Ethiopia PDR 14.71 %LSU 1992 down 13.4% falling
92 Guinea 14.43 %LSU 2023 up 15.7% rising
93 Serbia 14.28 %LSU 2023 up 32.0% rising
94 Zambia 14.27 %LSU 2023 up 50.4% volatile
95 Peru 14.18 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
96 Pakistan 13.93 %LSU 2023 down 16.8% falling
97 Dominica 13.66 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% falling
98 Saint Lucia 13.53 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% flat
99 Kuwait 12.99 %LSU 2023 up 3.3% falling
100 Angola 12.79 %LSU 2023 down 9.2% rising
101 Yugoslav SFR 12.66 %LSU 1991 up 13.6% falling
102 India 12.4 %LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
103 USSR 12.26 %LSU 1991 down 6.9% falling
104 China, mainland 12.09 %LSU 2023 up 9.4% flat
105 China 11.98 %LSU 2023 up 9.4% flat
106 Georgia 11.78 %LSU 2023 up 51.2% rising
107 Portugal 11.73 %LSU 2023 up 14.0% falling
108 Seychelles 11.64 %LSU 2023 down 43.1% rising
109 Malta 11.58 %LSU 2023 up 130.2% volatile
110 Haiti 11.35 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% rising
111 Lebanon 11.08 %LSU 2023 down 14.7% falling
112 Serbia and Montenegro 10.4 %LSU 2005 down 2.1% falling
113 Spain 10.12 %LSU 2023 down 16.2% falling
114 Croatia 9.95 %LSU 2023 down 3.4% rising
115 French Polynesia 9.48 %LSU 2023 down 8.5% falling
116 Martinique 9.1 %LSU 2006 down 51.5% rising
117 Italy 8.56 %LSU 2023 up 6.3% rising
118 Russian Federation 8.22 %LSU 2023 down 16.9% rising
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.82 %LSU 2023 down 28.5% falling
120 Republic of Moldova 7.62 %LSU 2023 down 39.2% falling
121 Sao Tome and Principe 7.35 %LSU 2023 down 10.0% falling
122 OECD 6.75 %LSU 2023 down 1.7% falling
123 Israel 6.62 %LSU 2023 down 18.7% falling
124 Indonesia 6.33 %LSU 2023 down 38.5% falling
125 Uruguay 6.13 %LSU 2023 down 29.8% falling
126 Bahamas 6.02 %LSU 2023 down 6.4% volatile
126 Slovakia 6.02 %LSU 2023 down 18.1% rising
128 Madagascar 5.98 %LSU 2023 up 50.6% rising
128 Guadeloupe 5.98 %LSU 2006 down 15.9% flat
130 Hungary 5.9 %LSU 2023 down 22.1% falling
131 Cuba 5.77 %LSU 2023 down 16.4% volatile
132 Ireland 5.67 %LSU 2023 down 17.2% rising
133 Guyana 5.14 %LSU 2023 down 14.0% rising
134 Caribbean 4.81 %LSU 2023 down 12.5% rising
135 Timor-Leste 4.78 %LSU 2023 down 31.6% falling
136 Cook Islands 4.76 %LSU 2023 down 19.5% volatile
137 Philippines 4.61 %LSU 2023 up 8.7% volatile
138 Egypt 4.39 %LSU 2023 down 58.3% rising
139 Chile 4.38 %LSU 2023 down 56.0% falling
140 Tonga 4.03 %LSU 2023 up 7.5% rising
141 Mexico 3.9 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
142 Bhutan 3.89 %LSU 2023 up 70.6% rising
143 Argentina 3.81 %LSU 2023 down 15.1% falling
144 Slovenia 3.79 %LSU 2023 up 10.2% rising
145 Sri Lanka 3.77 %LSU 2023 up 9.9% falling
146 France 3.73 %LSU 2023 up 6.0% falling
147 Melanesia 3.7 %LSU 2023 up 28.0% falling
148 Polynesia 2.92 %LSU 2023 up 15.0% falling
149 Barbados 2.86 %LSU 2023 down 19.9% volatile
150 Estonia 2.44 %LSU 2023 down 17.8% rising
151 Latvia 2.41 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
152 Myanmar 2.34 %LSU 2023 down 29.3% rising
153 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.33 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% flat
154 Switzerland 2.3 %LSU 2023 down 9.1% rising
154 Lithuania 2.3 %LSU 2023 up 81.1% volatile
156 Sweden 2.12 %LSU 2023 down 23.2% rising
157 Austria 2.1 %LSU 2023 up 32.9% rising
157 Ukraine 2.1 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
159 Czechoslovakia 2.04 %LSU 1992 up 3.0% falling
160 French Guiana 1.91 %LSU 2006 down 43.3% falling
161 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.85 %LSU 2023 up 20.1% volatile
162 Viet Nam 1.83 %LSU 2023 up 86.7% volatile
163 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.74 %LSU 2023 down 5.4% rising
164 Brazil 1.72 %LSU 2023 up 17.0% falling
165 Guatemala 1.7 %LSU 2023 down 11.9% falling
166 Belize 1.6 %LSU 2023 up 28.0% rising
167 Micronesia 1.56 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
168 Czechia 1.48 %LSU 2023 down 10.3% rising
169 Mauritius 1.47 %LSU 2023 down 19.2% volatile
170 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.26 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
171 Suriname 1.25 %LSU 2023 up 13.6% falling
172 Ecuador 1.23 %LSU 2023 down 13.4% volatile
173 Malaysia 1.19 %LSU 2023 down 19.6% falling
174 Colombia 1.11 %LSU 2023 up 37.0% falling
175 Finland 1.1 %LSU 2023 up 3.8% rising
176 Germany 1.01 %LSU 2023 up 2.0% falling
176 Puerto Rico 1.01 %LSU 2023 up 74.1% rising
178 Dominican Republic 1 %LSU 2023 down 16.0% falling
179 Vanuatu 0.84 %LSU 2023 down 33.3% falling
180 Canada 0.77 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% rising
181 Luxembourg 0.74 %LSU 2022 up 12.1% rising
182 Trinidad and Tobago 0.69 %LSU 2023 down 32.4% volatile
183 Thailand 0.61 %LSU 2023 up 15.1% volatile
184 New Caledonia 0.54 %LSU 2023 down 21.7% falling
185 Belgium 0.46 %LSU 2022 up 27.8% flat
186 Republic of Korea 0.45 %LSU 2023 up 12.5% falling
187 China, Taiwan Province of 0.44 %LSU 2023 down 33.3% falling
188 Paraguay 0.43 %LSU 2023 down 25.9% falling
189 Costa Rica 0.4 %LSU 2023 down 35.5% volatile
189 Poland 0.4 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% volatile
191 Brunei Darussalam 0.38 %LSU 2023 down 33.3% flat
192 Denmark 0.35 %LSU 2023 up 9.4% rising
193 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.31 %LSU 1999 down 16.2% rising
194 Belarus 0.29 %LSU 2023 down 3.3% falling
195 Singapore 0.26 %LSU 2023 up 36.8% volatile
196 El Salvador 0.23 %LSU 2023 up 4.5% rising
197 Papua New Guinea 0.2 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% rising
198 Honduras 0.15 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
199 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.1 %LSU 2023 down 16.7% volatile
200 Panama 0.06 %LSU 2023 up 20.0% rising
201 Japan 0.04 %LSU 2023 up 33.3% volatile
202 Nicaragua 0.03 %LSU 2023 down 25.0% falling
203 Tuvalu 0 %LSU 1992 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.