Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Benin
Benin: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 27.73 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Benin stood at 27.73 %LSU.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 72.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Benin peaked at 30.03 %LSU in 2021 and was at its lowest, 14.64 %LSU, in 2003.
That places Benin 38th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Benin, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21.36 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 21.58 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 23.39 %LSU | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 23.58 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 22.86 %LSU | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 22.12 %LSU | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 22.29 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 21.78 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 21.86 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 21.86 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 21.55 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 21.39 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 24.51 %LSU | +14.6% |
| 1974 | 25.31 %LSU | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 23.51 %LSU | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 24.4 %LSU | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 24.41 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 24.4 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 24.28 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 23.56 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 23.66 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 23.44 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 24.67 %LSU | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 24.54 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 23.96 %LSU | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 19.07 %LSU | -20.4% |
| 1987 | 19.58 %LSU | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 20.83 %LSU | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 21.59 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 17.82 %LSU | -17.5% |
| 1991 | 18.33 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 16.42 %LSU | -10.4% |
| 1993 | 16.16 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 16.42 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 17.82 %LSU | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 16.48 %LSU | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 16.65 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 17.18 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 17.57 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 16.88 %LSU | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 15.24 %LSU | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 15.23 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 14.64 %LSU | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 14.86 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 15.01 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 15.04 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 14.96 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 16.14 %LSU | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 16.34 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 16.26 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 16.18 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 16.11 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 16.04 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 15.97 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 15.89 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 15.82 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 15.75 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 15.68 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 15.61 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 29.39 %LSU | +88.3% |
| 2021 | 30.03 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 28.94 %LSU | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 27.73 %LSU | -4.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 27.73 %LSU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.53 %LSU, 1.6× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Benin's 27.73 %LSU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 22.98 %LSU, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +88.3% | 15.61 %LSU | 29.39 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.31 %LSU | 21.36 %LSU | 23.58 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 23.56 %LSU | 21.39 %LSU | 25.31 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.49 %LSU | 19.07 %LSU | 24.67 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.09 %LSU | 16.16 %LSU | 18.33 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.43 %LSU | 14.64 %LSU | 16.88 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.93 %LSU | 15.61 %LSU | 16.26 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.02 %LSU | 27.73 %LSU | 30.03 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 35 South Sudan 28.92 %LSU compare
- 36 Kenya 28.25 %LSU compare
- 37 Liberia 27.82 %LSU compare
- 39 Azerbaijan 27.67 %LSU compare
- 40 Grenada 27.29 %LSU compare
- 41 Burkina Faso 26.38 %LSU compare
More environment data for Benin
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.11 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.29 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.38 % 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 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Benin?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Benin was 27.73 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 30.03 %LSU in 2021.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.64 %LSU in 2003.
- How does Benin rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Benin ranks 38th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock. 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.