Brazil vs Southern Africa: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Brazil
35.16 million An
in 2024
Southern Africa
34.57 million An
in 2024
Brazil rank
19th
Southern Africa rank
22nd

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Brazil
  • Southern Africa
20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196119922024

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 35.16 million An against 34.57 million An in Southern Africa, a difference of 587,500 An.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Brazil ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 186 countries.

Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 21.18 million An 52.02 million An 30.84 million An Southern Africa
1970s 24.56 million An 45.96 million An 21.40 million An Southern Africa
1980s 29.01 million An 45.51 million An 16.50 million An Southern Africa
1990s 27.40 million An 45.50 million An 18.10 million An Southern Africa
2000s 25.12 million An 41.35 million An 16.23 million An Southern Africa
2010s 27.84 million An 37.99 million An 10.16 million An Southern Africa
2020s 33.78 million An 34.38 million An 596,540 An Southern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Brazil or Southern Africa?
Brazil, at 35.16 million An against 34.57 million An in Southern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Brazil and Southern Africa?
587,500 An, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Southern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Southern Africa rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Brazil ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd 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
Last refreshed

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.