Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Europe
Europe: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 7.79 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Europe, 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 Europe stood at 7.79 %LSU.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Europe peaked at 12.03 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 7.68 %LSU, in 2020.
Europe ranks 25th of 42 groups 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 | 11.47 %LSU | 11.13 %LSU | 12.03 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.04 %LSU | 9.56 %LSU | 10.59 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 10 %LSU | 9.58 %LSU | 10.64 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.95 %LSU | 8.21 %LSU | 10.62 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.06 %LSU | 7.84 %LSU | 8.22 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.98 %LSU | 7.9 %LSU | 8.18 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.86 %LSU | 7.68 %LSU | 7.98 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More environment data for Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 16.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 11.92 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Europe?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Europe was 7.79 %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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 12.03 %LSU in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.68 %LSU in 2020.
- How does Europe rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Europe ranks 25th out of 42 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.