Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 18.76 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Bulgaria, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 18.76 %LSU for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in 2023.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Bulgaria peaked at 34.55 %LSU in 1969 and was at its lowest, 18.32 %LSU, in 2017.
Bulgaria ranks 72nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.25 %LSU | 30.19 %LSU | 34.55 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 30.64 %LSU | 28.01 %LSU | 34.01 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.02 %LSU | 25.26 %LSU | 29.7 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.83 %LSU | 23.86 %LSU | 26.16 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.13 %LSU | 18.39 %LSU | 24.52 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.62 %LSU | 18.32 %LSU | 20.94 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.39 %LSU | 18.51 %LSU | 20.29 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 69 Central African Republic 19.84 %LSU compare
- 70 South Africa 19.83 %LSU compare
- 71 Iraq 19.31 %LSU compare
- 73 Sierra Leone 18.6 %LSU compare
- 74 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 18.28 %LSU compare
- 75 Namibia 17.7 %LSU compare
More environment data for Bulgaria
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.573 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.0066 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 10.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 200,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 409,949 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 42,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 11,362 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Bulgaria?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Bulgaria was 18.76 %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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 34.55 %LSU in 1969.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.32 %LSU in 2017.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Bulgaria ranks 72nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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.