Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Oman
Oman: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 35.22 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Oman, 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 Oman stood at 35.22 %LSU.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Oman peaked at 35.37 %LSU in 2012 and was at its lowest, 17.76 %LSU, in 1961.
That places Oman 22nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Oman, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17.76 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 18.06 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 18.34 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 18.65 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 18.83 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 19.3 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 19.2 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 19.18 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 19.42 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 20.59 %LSU | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 24.3 %LSU | +18.0% |
| 1972 | 22.44 %LSU | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 20.65 %LSU | -8.0% |
| 1974 | 19.39 %LSU | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 22.86 %LSU | +17.9% |
| 1976 | 25.85 %LSU | +13.1% |
| 1977 | 29.27 %LSU | +13.2% |
| 1978 | 33.52 %LSU | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 33.54 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 33.83 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 32.8 %LSU | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 35.24 %LSU | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 34.04 %LSU | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 34.14 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 34.38 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 34.37 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 33.76 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 33.16 %LSU | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 32.53 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 32.8 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 31.41 %LSU | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 30.9 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 30.24 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 29.54 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 29.3 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 29.3 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 29.25 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 29 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 27.84 %LSU | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 27.62 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 27.39 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 27.56 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 27.51 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 27.78 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 34.82 %LSU | +25.3% |
| 2006 | 35.2 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 35.17 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 35.19 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 35.3 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 35.29 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 35.31 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 35.37 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 34.87 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 34.93 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 34.96 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 35.01 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 35.04 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 35.03 %LSU | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 35.07 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 35.16 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 35.18 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 35.18 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 35.22 %LSU | +0.1% |
Oman compared with similar countries
- Oman's 35.22 %LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 5.96 %LSU, 5.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Oman's 35.22 %LSU is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 29.34 %LSU, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Oman changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +25.3% | 27.78 %LSU | 34.82 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.75 %LSU | 17.76 %LSU | 19.42 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.24 %LSU | 19.39 %LSU | 33.54 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 33.83 %LSU | 32.53 %LSU | 35.24 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.96 %LSU | 27.84 %LSU | 32.8 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.35 %LSU | 27.39 %LSU | 35.3 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.09 %LSU | 34.87 %LSU | 35.37 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.19 %LSU | 35.16 %LSU | 35.22 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Oman
- 19 Saudi Arabia 37.95 %LSU compare
- 19 Micronesia 1.56 %LSU compare
- 20 Antigua and Barbuda 36.98 %LSU compare
- 20 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.26 %LSU compare
- 21 United Arab Emirates 36.13 %LSU compare
- 23 Morocco 34.21 %LSU compare
- 23 Caribbean 4.81 %LSU compare
- 24 Cyprus 32.53 %LSU compare
- 25 Burundi 32.36 %LSU compare
More environment data for Oman
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -62.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -44.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.334 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Oman?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Oman was 35.22 %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 Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 35.37 %LSU in 2012.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.76 %LSU in 1961.
- How does Oman rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Oman ranks 22nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oman 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.