Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 23.95 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 23.95 %LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 23.95 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 18.37 %LSU, in 1972.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19.81 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 19.8 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 19.86 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 19.77 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 19.67 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 19.74 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 19.67 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 19.66 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 19.49 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 19.44 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 19.2 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 18.37 %LSU | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 18.55 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 18.67 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 18.97 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 19.2 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 19.5 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 19.58 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 19.4 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 19.75 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 19.83 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 19.78 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 19.75 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 19.52 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 19.45 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 19.39 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 20.12 %LSU | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 20.8 %LSU | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 20.84 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 20.71 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 20.97 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 21.09 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 21.24 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 21.9 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 21.76 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 21.89 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 22.07 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 22.21 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 22.03 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 22.19 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 22.15 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 21.97 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 22.06 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 22.68 %LSU | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 22.77 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 22.51 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 22.94 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 22.85 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 22.83 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 22.71 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 22.59 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 22.6 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 22.9 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 22.97 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 22.67 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 22.68 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 22.93 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 23.01 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 23.74 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 23.57 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 23.53 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 23.69 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 23.95 %LSU | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.72 %LSU | 19.49 %LSU | 19.86 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.09 %LSU | 18.37 %LSU | 19.58 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.92 %LSU | 19.39 %LSU | 20.84 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.59 %LSU | 20.71 %LSU | 22.21 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.49 %LSU | 21.97 %LSU | 22.94 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.88 %LSU | 22.59 %LSU | 23.74 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.69 %LSU | 23.53 %LSU | 23.95 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 5 Türkiye 25.41 %LSU compare
- 5 Turkmenistan 51.75 %LSU compare
- 6 Algeria 50.28 %LSU compare
- 7 Togo 48.85 %LSU compare
- 8 Nigeria 47.94 %LSU compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 15.92 %LSU compare
- 9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47.76 %LSU compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.82 %LSU compare
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 21.5 %LSU compare
- 10 Mauritania 45.35 %LSU compare
- 11 Mongolia 43.49 %LSU compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 7.62 %LSU compare
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 23.95 %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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 23.95 %LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.37 %LSU in 1972.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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.