Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the total number of some ruminants in
recent years (from 2007 to 2014) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Macedonia. The analysis of
the total number of cattle, goats and sheep was based on the information available on
the FAOSTAT statistical database website. To perform statistical analysis, we used the
base indices which show the percentage change between the annual and average numbers of
ruminants in the analyzed period. The comparison of the average numbers of cattle, goats
and sheep in this period revealed that these ruminants were the most numerous in Serbia.
The least significant difference test indicated that the differences between
Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the total number of goats in 2007-2014 were statistically
non-significant (p > 0.001).
Key words: basic index, cattle, goats, sheep.
