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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
206
Highest
87.25 %LSU
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 %LSU
Tuvalu
Median
12.53 %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 206 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 12.53 %LSU, and the mean is 15.97 %LSU.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 111 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
1 Syrian Arab Republic 72.07 %LSU 2023 up 9.9% rising
2 Libya 62.15 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% rising
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31.69 %LSU 2023 up 8.7% falling
3 Greece 58.33 %LSU 2023 up 4.6% rising
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27.88 %LSU 2023 down 23.2% rising
4 Palestine 54.03 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
4 Cabo Verde 27.68 %LSU 2023 down 9.9% rising
4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27.64 %LSU 2023 up 8.4% volatile
5 Turkmenistan 51.75 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% rising
5 Türkiye 25.41 %LSU 2023 up 15.3% falling
6 Algeria 50.28 %LSU 2023 down 1.8% rising
7 Togo 48.85 %LSU 2023 up 12.4% rising
8 Nigeria 47.94 %LSU 2023 up 4.2% rising
8 United Republic of Tanzania 15.92 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47.76 %LSU 2023 up 86.4% flat
10 Mauritania 45.35 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% rising
10 Côte d'Ivoire 21.5 %LSU 2023 up 21.9% falling
10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.82 %LSU 2023 down 28.5% falling
11 Mongolia 43.49 %LSU 2023 down 13.7% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 7.62 %LSU 2023 down 39.2% falling
12 Jordan 42.83 %LSU 2023 down 7.5% flat
13 Yemen 42.76 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% rising
13 Timor-Leste 4.78 %LSU 2023 down 31.6% falling
14 Lesotho 42.15 %LSU 2023 up 8.3% falling
14 Melanesia 3.7 %LSU 2023 up 28.0% falling
15 Albania 40.48 %LSU 2023 up 11.3% flat
15 Polynesia 2.92 %LSU 2023 up 15.0% falling
16 Ghana 40.14 %LSU 2023 up 3.6% rising
16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.33 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% flat
17 Equatorial Guinea 39.03 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% falling
17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.85 %LSU 2023 up 20.1% volatile
18 Mali 37.98 %LSU 2023 up 16.2% rising
18 Viet Nam 1.83 %LSU 2023 up 86.7% volatile
19 Saudi Arabia 37.95 %LSU 2023 down 1.8% falling
19 Micronesia 1.56 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
20 Antigua and Barbuda 36.98 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
20 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.26 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
21 United Arab Emirates 36.13 %LSU 2023 down 11.6% rising
22 Oman 35.22 %LSU 2023 up 1.0% rising
23 Morocco 34.21 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% falling
23 Caribbean 4.81 %LSU 2023 down 12.5% rising
24 Cyprus 32.53 %LSU 2022 up 13.1% falling
25 Burundi 32.36 %LSU 2023 down 24.9% rising
26 Djibouti 32.2 %LSU 2023 down 1.9% falling
27 Comoros 31 %LSU 2023 down 1.4% rising
28 Romania 30.53 %LSU 2023 up 42.5% rising
29 Senegal 29.9 %LSU 2023 up 1.2% rising
30 Malawi 29.47 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% rising
31 Tunisia 29.34 %LSU 2023 down 9.0% falling
32 North Macedonia 29.33 %LSU 2023 up 9.6% falling
33 Kyrgyzstan 29.15 %LSU 2023 down 9.0% falling
34 Afghanistan 29.03 %LSU 2023 down 3.1% falling
35 South Sudan 28.92 %LSU 2023 down 11.1% falling
36 Kenya 28.25 %LSU 2023 up 7.6% rising
37 Liberia 27.82 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% falling
38 Benin 27.73 %LSU 2023 up 72.9% falling
39 Azerbaijan 27.67 %LSU 2023 down 9.7% rising
40 Grenada 27.29 %LSU 2023 up 19.0% rising
41 Burkina Faso 26.38 %LSU 2023 down 7.7% rising
42 Gabon 25.94 %LSU 2023 up 2.9% falling
43 Chad 25.56 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% rising
44 Montenegro 25.23 %LSU 2023 down 5.7% rising
45 Sudan (former) 24.95 %LSU 2011 down 11.1% rising
46 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.93 %LSU 2023 up 28.6% rising
47 Bahrain 24.7 %LSU 2023 up 2.8% rising
48 Tajikistan 24.67 %LSU 2023 down 2.3% rising
49 Sudan 24.59 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% flat
50 Eritrea 24.35 %LSU 2023 up 2.3% flat
51 Iceland 24.19 %LSU 2023 down 14.4% falling
52 Gambia 23.96 %LSU 2023 up 84.3% rising
53 Nepal 23.71 %LSU 2023 up 79.6% rising
54 Niger 23.7 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% falling
55 Somalia 22.26 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
56 New Zealand 21.49 %LSU 2023 down 12.6% falling
57 Qatar 21.45 %LSU 2023 down 27.2% falling
58 Guinea-Bissau 21.13 %LSU 2023 down 1.2% rising
59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.12 %LSU 2023 up 48.5% rising
60 Australia and New Zealand 21.07 %LSU 2023 down 7.1% falling
61 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.97 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
62 Australia 20.94 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% falling
63 Kazakhstan 20.92 %LSU 2023 down 18.4% falling
64 Mozambique 20.76 %LSU 2023 down 20.5% volatile
65 Botswana 20.64 %LSU 2023 up 53.9% rising
66 Cameroon 20.49 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% flat
67 Uzbekistan 20.05 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
68 Uganda 19.89 %LSU 2023 up 6.9% rising
69 Central African Republic 19.84 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
70 South Africa 19.83 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% falling
71 Iraq 19.31 %LSU 2023 down 9.4% falling
72 Bulgaria 18.76 %LSU 2023 down 8.5% falling
73 Sierra Leone 18.6 %LSU 2023 down 7.3% rising
74 Ethiopia 18.28 %LSU 2023 up 23.9% rising
75 Namibia 17.7 %LSU 2023 down 16.4% falling
76 Congo 17.36 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
77 Zimbabwe 17.28 %LSU 2023 up 30.7% rising
78 Rwanda 16.82 %LSU 2023 down 44.0% rising
79 Jamaica 16.75 %LSU 2023 up 12.9% falling
80 Norway 16.32 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% rising
81 Bangladesh 15.81 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% rising
82 Eswatini 15.58 %LSU 2023 up 28.7% rising
83 Fiji 15.23 %LSU 2023 up 76.1% flat
84 Armenia 14.99 %LSU 2023 up 21.8% falling
85 Ethiopia PDR 14.71 %LSU 1992 down 13.4% falling
86 Guinea 14.43 %LSU 2023 up 15.7% rising
87 Serbia 14.28 %LSU 2023 up 32.0% rising
88 Zambia 14.27 %LSU 2023 up 50.4% volatile
89 Peru 14.18 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
90 Pakistan 13.93 %LSU 2023 down 16.8% falling
91 Dominica 13.66 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% falling
92 Saint Lucia 13.53 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% flat
93 Kuwait 12.99 %LSU 2023 up 3.3% falling
94 Angola 12.79 %LSU 2023 down 9.2% rising
95 Yugoslav SFR 12.66 %LSU 1991 up 13.6% falling
96 India 12.4 %LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
97 USSR 12.26 %LSU 1991 down 6.9% falling
98 China, mainland 12.09 %LSU 2023 up 9.4% flat
99 China 11.98 %LSU 2023 up 9.4% flat
100 Georgia 11.78 %LSU 2023 up 51.2% rising
101 Portugal 11.73 %LSU 2023 up 14.0% falling
102 Seychelles 11.64 %LSU 2023 down 43.1% rising
103 Malta 11.58 %LSU 2023 up 130.2% volatile
104 Haiti 11.35 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% rising
105 Lebanon 11.08 %LSU 2023 down 14.7% falling
106 Serbia and Montenegro 10.4 %LSU 2005 down 2.1% falling
107 Spain 10.12 %LSU 2023 down 16.2% falling
108 Croatia 9.95 %LSU 2023 down 3.4% rising
109 French Polynesia 9.48 %LSU 2023 down 8.5% falling
110 Martinique 9.1 %LSU 2006 down 51.5% rising
111 Italy 8.56 %LSU 2023 up 6.3% rising
112 Russian Federation 8.22 %LSU 2023 down 16.9% rising
113 Sao Tome and Principe 7.35 %LSU 2023 down 10.0% falling
114 OECD 6.75 %LSU 2023 down 1.7% falling
115 Israel 6.62 %LSU 2023 down 18.7% falling
116 Indonesia 6.33 %LSU 2023 down 38.5% falling
117 Uruguay 6.13 %LSU 2023 down 29.8% falling
118 Bahamas 6.02 %LSU 2023 down 6.4% volatile
118 Slovakia 6.02 %LSU 2023 down 18.1% rising
120 Madagascar 5.98 %LSU 2023 up 50.6% rising
120 Guadeloupe 5.98 %LSU 2006 down 15.9% flat
122 Hungary 5.9 %LSU 2023 down 22.1% falling
123 Cuba 5.77 %LSU 2023 down 16.4% volatile
124 Ireland 5.67 %LSU 2023 down 17.2% rising
125 Guyana 5.14 %LSU 2023 down 14.0% rising
126 Cook Islands 4.76 %LSU 2023 down 19.5% volatile
127 Philippines 4.61 %LSU 2023 up 8.7% volatile
128 Egypt 4.39 %LSU 2023 down 58.3% rising
129 Chile 4.38 %LSU 2023 down 56.0% falling
130 Tonga 4.03 %LSU 2023 up 7.5% rising
131 Mexico 3.9 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
132 Bhutan 3.89 %LSU 2023 up 70.6% rising
133 Argentina 3.81 %LSU 2023 down 15.1% falling
134 Slovenia 3.79 %LSU 2023 up 10.2% rising
135 Sri Lanka 3.77 %LSU 2023 up 9.9% falling
136 France 3.73 %LSU 2023 up 6.0% falling
137 Barbados 2.86 %LSU 2023 down 19.9% volatile
138 Estonia 2.44 %LSU 2023 down 17.8% rising
139 Latvia 2.41 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% rising
140 Myanmar 2.34 %LSU 2023 down 29.3% rising
141 Switzerland 2.3 %LSU 2023 down 9.1% rising
141 Lithuania 2.3 %LSU 2023 up 81.1% volatile
143 Sweden 2.12 %LSU 2023 down 23.2% rising
144 Austria 2.1 %LSU 2023 up 32.9% rising
144 Ukraine 2.1 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
144 Réunion 2.1 %LSU 2006 down 13.2% falling
147 Czechoslovakia 2.04 %LSU 1992 up 3.0% falling
148 French Guiana 1.91 %LSU 2006 down 43.3% falling
149 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.74 %LSU 2023 down 5.4% rising
150 Brazil 1.72 %LSU 2023 up 17.0% falling
151 Guatemala 1.7 %LSU 2023 down 11.9% falling
152 Belize 1.6 %LSU 2023 up 28.0% rising
153 Czechia 1.48 %LSU 2023 down 10.3% rising
154 Mauritius 1.47 %LSU 2023 down 19.2% volatile
155 Suriname 1.25 %LSU 2023 up 13.6% falling
156 Ecuador 1.23 %LSU 2023 down 13.4% volatile
157 Malaysia 1.19 %LSU 2023 down 19.6% falling
158 Colombia 1.11 %LSU 2023 up 37.0% falling
159 Finland 1.1 %LSU 2023 up 3.8% rising
160 Germany 1.01 %LSU 2023 up 2.0% falling
160 Puerto Rico 1.01 %LSU 2023 up 74.1% rising
162 Dominican Republic 1 %LSU 2023 down 16.0% falling
163 Vanuatu 0.84 %LSU 2023 down 33.3% falling
164 Canada 0.77 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% rising
165 Luxembourg 0.74 %LSU 2022 up 12.1% rising
166 Trinidad and Tobago 0.69 %LSU 2023 down 32.4% volatile
167 Thailand 0.61 %LSU 2023 up 15.1% volatile
168 New Caledonia 0.54 %LSU 2023 down 21.7% falling
169 Belgium 0.46 %LSU 2022 up 27.8% flat
170 Republic of Korea 0.45 %LSU 2023 up 12.5% falling
171 China, Taiwan Province of 0.44 %LSU 2023 down 33.3% falling
172 Paraguay 0.43 %LSU 2023 down 25.9% falling
173 Costa Rica 0.4 %LSU 2023 down 35.5% volatile
173 Poland 0.4 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% volatile
175 Brunei Darussalam 0.38 %LSU 2023 down 33.3% flat
176 Denmark 0.35 %LSU 2023 up 9.4% rising
177 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.31 %LSU 1999 down 16.2% rising
178 Belarus 0.29 %LSU 2023 down 3.3% falling
179 Singapore 0.26 %LSU 2023 up 36.8% volatile
180 El Salvador 0.23 %LSU 2023 up 4.5% rising
181 Papua New Guinea 0.2 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% rising
182 Honduras 0.15 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
183 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.1 %LSU 2023 down 16.7% volatile
184 Panama 0.06 %LSU 2023 up 20.0% rising
185 Japan 0.04 %LSU 2023 up 33.3% volatile
186 Nicaragua 0.03 %LSU 2023 down 25.0% falling
187 Tuvalu 0 %LSU 1992 down 100.0% volatile

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

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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
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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.