Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Namibia
Namibia: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 17.7 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Namibia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 17.7 %LSU for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in 2023.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Namibia peaked at 37.58 %LSU in 1975 and was at its lowest, 16.55 %LSU, in 2021.
Namibia ranks 80th of 203 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 | 29.32 %LSU | 28.22 %LSU | 30.16 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 30.38 %LSU | 24.65 %LSU | 37.58 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.64 %LSU | 26.31 %LSU | 32.94 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.45 %LSU | 23.28 %LSU | 31.78 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.34 %LSU | 21.77 %LSU | 28.15 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.07 %LSU | 17.8 %LSU | 27.61 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.88 %LSU | 16.55 %LSU | 20.06 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.93 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 100.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 46.16 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 97.91 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 38,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 13.51 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.06 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 798.49 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Namibia?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Namibia was 17.7 %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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 37.58 %LSU in 1975.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.55 %LSU in 2021.
- How does Namibia rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Namibia ranks 80th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.