Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Nepal
Nepal: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 23.71 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Nepal, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 23.71 %LSU for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 40.0% on the previous year and up 79.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Nepal peaked at 23.71 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10.02 %LSU, in 1980.
That places Nepal 59th out of 203 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.3 %LSU | 10.95 %LSU | 11.53 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.77 %LSU | 10.26 %LSU | 11.25 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.6 %LSU | 10.02 %LSU | 11.34 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.19 %LSU | 10.89 %LSU | 11.47 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.89 %LSU | 11.3 %LSU | 12.69 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.73 %LSU | 12.93 %LSU | 15.02 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.06 %LSU | 15.39 %LSU | 23.71 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 70.24 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,369 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 383.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 12.52 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 47.95 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,795 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.87 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 145 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 48.18 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,804 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Nepal?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Nepal was 23.71 %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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 23.71 %LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.02 %LSU in 1980.
- How does Nepal rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Nepal ranks 59th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.