Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 3.7 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Melanesia, 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 Melanesia stood at 3.7 %LSU.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Melanesia peaked at 6.06 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.94 %LSU, in 1978.
That places Melanesia 33rd out of 42 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.22 %LSU | 4.04 %LSU | 6.06 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.76 %LSU | 1.94 %LSU | 3.54 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.93 %LSU | 2.13 %LSU | 3.21 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.85 %LSU | 2.73 %LSU | 2.98 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.97 %LSU | 2.6 %LSU | 3.58 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3 %LSU | 2.83 %LSU | 3.74 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.74 %LSU | 3.7 %LSU | 3.78 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 30 Malawi 29.47 %LSU compare
- 31 Cook Islands 4.76 %LSU compare
- 31 Tunisia 29.34 %LSU compare
- 32 North Macedonia 29.33 %LSU compare
- 33 Kyrgyzstan 29.15 %LSU compare
- 34 Afghanistan 29.03 %LSU compare
- 35 South Sudan 28.92 %LSU compare
- 36 Kenya 28.25 %LSU compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 6,033 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 2.82 kg/cap (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 6,096 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Melanesia?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Melanesia was 3.7 %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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.06 %LSU in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.94 %LSU in 1978.
- How does Melanesia rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Melanesia ranks 33rd out of 42 regions with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.