Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Greece

Greece: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 58.33 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
58.33 %LSU
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
4th
of 203 countries
All-time high
64.42 %LSU
in 2019
All-time low
38.2 %LSU
in 1967
Years of data
63
1961–2023

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

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Greece is 58.33 %LSU, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Greece peaked at 64.42 %LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 38.2 %LSU, in 1967.

That places Greece 4th out of 203 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 40.25 %LSU 38.2 %LSU 42.94 %LSU 9
1970s 40.93 %LSU 39.32 %LSU 42.72 %LSU 10
1980s 47.67 %LSU 43.45 %LSU 52.14 %LSU 10
1990s 55.03 %LSU 52.87 %LSU 56.25 %LSU 10
2000s 55.76 %LSU 55.22 %LSU 56.4 %LSU 10
2010s 55.84 %LSU 53.38 %LSU 64.42 %LSU 10
2020s 58.9 %LSU 58.33 %LSU 59.22 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 1 Faroe Islands 87.25 %LSU compare
  2. 2 Syrian Arab Republic 72.07 %LSU compare
  3. 3 Libya 62.15 %LSU compare
  4. 5 Palestine 54.03 %LSU compare
  5. 6 Turkmenistan 51.75 %LSU compare
  6. 7 Algeria 50.28 %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 Greece?
Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Greece was 58.33 %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 Greece?
The highest recorded value was 64.42 %LSU in 2019.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 38.2 %LSU in 1967.
How does Greece rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
Greece ranks 4th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece 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.