Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Eswatini

Eswatini: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 15.58 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
15.58 %LSU
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
88th
of 203 countries
All-time high
15.58 %LSU
in 2023
All-time low
7.49 %LSU
in 1976
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Eswatini, 1961–2023

051015196119922023

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

Analysis

Eswatini recorded 15.58 %LSU for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Eswatini peaked at 15.58 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.49 %LSU, in 1976.

That places Eswatini 88th out of 203 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 8.95 %LSU 8.42 %LSU 9.32 %LSU 9
1970s 8.43 %LSU 7.49 %LSU 9.28 %LSU 10
1980s 8.96 %LSU 8.09 %LSU 9.96 %LSU 10
1990s 10.38 %LSU 7.86 %LSU 12.16 %LSU 10
2000s 10.97 %LSU 8.36 %LSU 13.87 %LSU 10
2010s 13.39 %LSU 11.84 %LSU 15.08 %LSU 10
2020s 15.18 %LSU 14.86 %LSU 15.58 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 85 Norway 16.32 %LSU compare
  2. 86 United Republic of Tanzania 15.92 %LSU compare
  3. 87 Bangladesh 15.81 %LSU compare
  4. 89 Fiji 15.23 %LSU compare
  5. 90 Armenia 14.99 %LSU compare
  6. 91 Ethiopia PDR 14.71 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Eswatini?
Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Eswatini was 15.58 %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 Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 15.58 %LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 7.49 %LSU in 1976.
How does Eswatini rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
Eswatini ranks 88th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eswatini 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

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.