Côte d'Ivoire vs South Africa: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Côte d'Ivoire
8.08 million An
in 2024
South Africa
26.34 million An
in 2024
Côte d'Ivoire rank
26th
South Africa rank
25th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • South Africa
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196119922024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 26.34 million An against 8.08 million An in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 18.26 million An.

That makes South Africa's figure about 3.3 times Côte d'Ivoire's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Côte d'Ivoire ranks 26th and South Africa ranks 25th of 29 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Côte d'Ivoire South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 1.31 million An 43.80 million An 42.49 million An South Africa
1970s 1.87 million An 37.01 million An 35.14 million An South Africa
1980s 1.90 million An 37.04 million An 35.14 million An South Africa
1990s 2.26 million An 36.32 million An 34.06 million An South Africa
2000s 2.72 million An 32.44 million An 29.71 million An South Africa
2010s 3.75 million An 29.45 million An 25.70 million An South Africa
2020s 6.96 million An 26.57 million An 19.62 million An South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Côte d'Ivoire or South Africa?
South Africa, at 26.34 million An against 8.08 million An in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa?
18.26 million An, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 26th and South Africa ranks 25th of 29 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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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.