Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Iceland
Iceland: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 24.19 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Iceland, 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 Iceland stood at 24.19 %LSU. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Iceland peaked at 54.61 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 24.19 %LSU, in 2023.
Iceland ranks 51st 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 | 52.63 %LSU | 50.32 %LSU | 54.61 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 49.17 %LSU | 48.02 %LSU | 51.81 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 39.39 %LSU | 31.3 %LSU | 46.85 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.39 %LSU | 25.98 %LSU | 29.96 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.31 %LSU | 26.21 %LSU | 28.46 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.96 %LSU | 24.94 %LSU | 28.26 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.68 %LSU | 24.19 %LSU | 25.18 %LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for Iceland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 25,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 25,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 452 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 16 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 74 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 189 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 8,194 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Iceland?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Iceland was 24.19 %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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 54.61 %LSU in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.19 %LSU in 2023.
- How does Iceland rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Iceland ranks 51st out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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.