Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Somalia
Somalia: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 22.26 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Somalia, 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 Somalia stood at 22.26 %LSU. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Somalia peaked at 33.09 %LSU in 1961 and was at its lowest, 22.26 %LSU, in 2023.
That places Somalia 55th out of 186 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.71 %LSU | 31.06 %LSU | 33.09 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 30.62 %LSU | 29.78 %LSU | 31.73 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 31.34 %LSU | 30.27 %LSU | 32.23 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.29 %LSU | 25.5 %LSU | 31.83 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.47 %LSU | 23.97 %LSU | 27.14 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.73 %LSU | 22.84 %LSU | 24.35 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.56 %LSU | 22.26 %LSU | 22.77 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 52 Gambia, The 23.96 %LSU compare
- 53 Nepal 23.71 %LSU compare
- 54 Niger 23.7 %LSU compare
- 56 New Zealand 21.49 %LSU compare
- 57 Qatar 21.45 %LSU compare
- 58 Guinea-Bissau 21.13 %LSU compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 17.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 30.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 43,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,032 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 1.8 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Somalia?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Somalia was 22.26 %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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.09 %LSU in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.26 %LSU in 2023.
- How does Somalia rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Somalia ranks 55th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.