Farm Animal Register · 1 September 2026
Goats numbers in Lithuania
On the 1 September 2026 snapshot of the Lithuanian Farm Animal Register (ŪGR), 14,259 goats were kept in 3,060 herds - the smallest ruminant population in the register. Figures are broken down by municipality.
Registered · 1 September 2026
14,259goats
3,060 herds · 5 per herd on average · 11,288 female, 2,971 male
Goats numbers by month
Registered goats on each monthly snapshot of the register, July 2026 to September 2026. Change is shown only against the immediately preceding month; a missing or excluded snapshot is never bridged. These are recorded register counts, not a forecast.
| Snapshot | Goats | Change on previous month |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 14,331 | - |
| August 2026 | 14,389 | +0.4% |
| September 2026 | 14,259 | -0.9% |
Change per municipality between snapshots: municipal dynamics.
Goats by municipality
58 municipalities in total; the 20 keeping the most goats on 1 September 2026 are shown.
| Municipality | Goats | Herds | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilniaus District Municipality | 1,534 | 314 | |
| Širvintų District Municipality | 806 | 58 | |
| Klaipėdos District Municipality | 588 | 95 | |
| Alytaus District Municipality | 508 | 111 | |
| Anykščių District Municipality | 493 | 104 | |
| Šalčininkų District Municipality | 485 | 89 | |
| Zarasų District Municipality | 426 | 51 | |
| Prienų District Municipality | 390 | 61 | |
| Molėtų District Municipality | 372 | 87 | |
| Kėdainių District Municipality | 350 | 40 | |
| Švenčionių District Municipality | 340 | 74 | |
| Lazdijų District Municipality | 330 | 69 | |
| Rokiškio District Municipality | 324 | 55 | |
| Šilutės District Municipality | 317 | 54 | |
| Plungės District Municipality | 316 | 70 | |
| Kauno District Municipality | 314 | 76 | |
| Panevėžio District Municipality | 310 | 74 | |
| Šakių District Municipality | 285 | 85 | |
| Utenos District Municipality | 282 | 71 | |
| Ignalinos District Municipality | 276 | 87 |
Municipality names are given as in the register (Lithuanian). Source: State Enterprise Agricultural Data Centre (ŽŪDC), Farm Animal Register (ŪGR).
How to read this. The average herd holds about 5 goats: goat keeping in Lithuania is spread across many very small holdings rather than a few commercial dairies. A herd is one register herd number - a keeping location, not a farm and not an owner; keepers are not named. Counts are a snapshot of the register on 1 September 2026, not an annual average, published unchanged from ŽŪDC data.