Africa vs India: Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time
- Africa
- India
How they compare
Africa currently reports 972.37 million An against 325.26 million An in India, a difference of 647.11 million An.
That makes Africa's figure about 3.0 times India's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 29 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 247.57 million An | 104.84 million An | 142.73 million An | Africa |
| 1970s | 286.19 million An | 113.47 million An | 172.72 million An | Africa |
| 1980s | 346.84 million An | 147.60 million An | 199.24 million An | Africa |
| 1990s | 425.23 million An | 172.74 million An | 252.49 million An | Africa |
| 2000s | 572.29 million An | 196.25 million An | 376.03 million An | Africa |
| 2010s | 768.80 million An | 212.01 million An | 556.79 million An | Africa |
| 2020s | 936.48 million An | 278.07 million An | 658.41 million An | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Africa or India?
- Africa, at 972.37 million An against 325.26 million An in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Africa and India?
- 647.11 million An, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and India rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Africa ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.