Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Yemen

Yemen: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 42.76 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
42.76 %LSU
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
13th
of 186 countries
All-time high
44.94 %LSU
in 1999
All-time low
27.49 %LSU
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Yemen, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.

Analysis

Yemen recorded 42.76 %LSU for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in 2023.

The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Yemen peaked at 44.94 %LSU in 1999 and was at its lowest, 27.49 %LSU, in 1961.

Yemen ranks 13th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 28.72 %LSU 27.49 %LSU 30.45 %LSU 9
1970s 30.71 %LSU 28.74 %LSU 32.38 %LSU 10
1980s 33.38 %LSU 32.49 %LSU 33.99 %LSU 10
1990s 42.15 %LSU 40.3 %LSU 44.94 %LSU 10
2000s 43.53 %LSU 43.25 %LSU 44.13 %LSU 10
2010s 42.46 %LSU 41.82 %LSU 43.32 %LSU 10
2020s 42.79 %LSU 42.06 %LSU 43.44 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 10 Mauritania 45.35 %LSU compare
  2. 11 Mongolia 43.49 %LSU compare
  3. 12 Jordan 42.83 %LSU compare
  4. 14 Lesotho 42.15 %LSU compare
  5. 15 Albania 40.48 %LSU compare
  6. 16 Ghana 40.14 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Yemen?
Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Yemen was 42.76 %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 Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 44.94 %LSU in 1999.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 27.49 %LSU in 1961.
How does Yemen rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
Yemen ranks 13th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen 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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Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.