Brazil vs Northern Europe: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Brazil
35.16 million An
in 2024
Northern Europe
38.24 million An
in 2024
Brazil rank
19th
Northern Europe rank
20th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Brazil
  • Northern Europe
20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196119922024

How they compare

Northern Europe currently reports 38.24 million An against 35.16 million An in Brazil, a difference of 3.08 million An.

That makes Northern Europe's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.

Brazil ranks 19th and Northern Europe ranks 20th of 186 countries.

Northern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Northern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 21.18 million An 35.78 million An 14.61 million An Northern Europe
1970s 24.56 million An 31.45 million An 6.88 million An Northern Europe
1980s 29.01 million An 36.40 million An 7.39 million An Northern Europe
1990s 27.40 million An 53.55 million An 26.15 million An Northern Europe
2000s 25.12 million An 45.81 million An 20.69 million An Northern Europe
2010s 27.84 million An 42.13 million An 14.30 million An Northern Europe
2020s 33.78 million An 39.99 million An 6.21 million An Northern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Brazil or Northern Europe?
Northern Europe, at 38.24 million An against 35.16 million An in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Brazil and Northern Europe?
3.08 million An, with Northern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Northern Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Northern Europe rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Brazil ranks 19th and Northern Europe ranks 20th of 186 countries.
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

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,597 data points, 1961–2024
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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.