Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 7.35 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Sao Tome and Principe is 7.35 %LSU, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 16.81 %LSU in 1980 and was at its lowest, 7.22 %LSU, in 2017.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 113th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.06 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 10.98 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 10.91 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 10.73 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 11.47 %LSU | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 11.32 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 10.17 %LSU | -10.2% |
| 1968 | 10.54 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 10.53 %LSU | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 10.03 %LSU | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 9.12 %LSU | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 9.54 %LSU | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 9.21 %LSU | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 12.17 %LSU | +32.1% |
| 1975 | 13.28 %LSU | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 11.56 %LSU | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 13.92 %LSU | +20.4% |
| 1978 | 15.12 %LSU | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 16.12 %LSU | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 16.81 %LSU | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 15.87 %LSU | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 15.55 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 15.48 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 15.19 %LSU | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 15.13 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 15.17 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 15.11 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 15.04 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 14.95 %LSU | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 14.78 %LSU | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 12.69 %LSU | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 11.65 %LSU | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 12.49 %LSU | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 12.4 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 12.3 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 12.22 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 12.06 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 11.92 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 11.78 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 10.76 %LSU | -8.7% |
| 2001 | 9.93 %LSU | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 9.22 %LSU | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 8.78 %LSU | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 8.83 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 9.13 %LSU | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 9.18 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 8.72 %LSU | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 8.66 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 8.91 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 9.68 %LSU | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 9.74 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 9.23 %LSU | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 8.17 %LSU | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 7.86 %LSU | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 7.86 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7.76 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 7.22 %LSU | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 7.4 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 7.44 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 7.44 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7.33 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 7.37 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 7.35 %LSU | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.86 %LSU | 10.17 %LSU | 11.47 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 12.01 %LSU | 9.12 %LSU | 16.12 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.43 %LSU | 14.95 %LSU | 16.81 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.43 %LSU | 11.65 %LSU | 14.78 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.21 %LSU | 8.66 %LSU | 10.76 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.24 %LSU | 7.22 %LSU | 9.74 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.37 %LSU | 7.33 %LSU | 7.44 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
More environment data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate -28.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per capita 0.0001 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 54.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Sao Tome and Principe was 7.35 %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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 16.81 %LSU in 1980.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.22 %LSU in 2017.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 113th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.