Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Seychelles
Seychelles: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 11.64 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Seychelles, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 11.64 %LSU for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Seychelles peaked at 20.45 %LSU in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.54 %LSU, in 1997.
That places Seychelles 102nd out of 187 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.
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.52 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 10.94 %LSU | +14.9% |
| 1963 | 10.19 %LSU | -6.9% |
| 1964 | 9.4 %LSU | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 10.26 %LSU | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 9.44 %LSU | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 9.76 %LSU | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 9.24 %LSU | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 9.21 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 9.09 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 8.22 %LSU | -9.6% |
| 1972 | 7.05 %LSU | -14.2% |
| 1973 | 7.07 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 6.91 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 6.39 %LSU | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 6.62 %LSU | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 7.89 %LSU | +19.2% |
| 1978 | 7.3 %LSU | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 6.88 %LSU | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 6.47 %LSU | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 6.1 %LSU | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 7.09 %LSU | +16.2% |
| 1983 | 6.57 %LSU | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 6.2 %LSU | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 5.84 %LSU | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 5.69 %LSU | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 5.98 %LSU | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 6.25 %LSU | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 5.51 %LSU | -11.8% |
| 1990 | 5.52 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 5.47 %LSU | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 6.25 %LSU | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 5.78 %LSU | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 5.18 %LSU | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 4.64 %LSU | -10.4% |
| 1996 | 5.16 %LSU | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 4.54 %LSU | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 5.07 %LSU | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 5.14 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 5.66 %LSU | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 7.04 %LSU | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 6.9 %LSU | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 6.31 %LSU | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 7.83 %LSU | +24.1% |
| 2005 | 7.66 %LSU | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 7.46 %LSU | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 7.33 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 8.25 %LSU | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 10.38 %LSU | +25.8% |
| 2010 | 11.29 %LSU | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 10.37 %LSU | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 17.09 %LSU | +64.8% |
| 2013 | 20.45 %LSU | +19.7% |
| 2014 | 17.92 %LSU | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 17.66 %LSU | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 17.71 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 18.07 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 17.85 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 17.72 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 15.57 %LSU | -12.1% |
| 2021 | 12.19 %LSU | -21.7% |
| 2022 | 11.71 %LSU | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 11.64 %LSU | -0.6% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 11.64 %LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 5.96 %LSU, 2.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 11.64 %LSU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 22.98 %LSU, 51% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Seychelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +64.8% | 10.37 %LSU | 17.09 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.77 %LSU | 9.21 %LSU | 10.94 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.34 %LSU | 6.39 %LSU | 9.09 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.17 %LSU | 5.51 %LSU | 7.09 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.28 %LSU | 4.54 %LSU | 6.25 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.48 %LSU | 5.66 %LSU | 10.38 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.61 %LSU | 10.37 %LSU | 20.45 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.78 %LSU | 11.64 %LSU | 15.57 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More environment data for Seychelles
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.258 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.41 % 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 4.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Seychelles?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Seychelles was 11.64 %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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 20.45 %LSU in 2013.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.54 %LSU in 1997.
- How does Seychelles rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Seychelles ranks 102nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.