Iceland vs Switzerland: Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time
- Iceland
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 461,035 An against 347,328 An in Iceland, a difference of 113,707 An.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.3 times Iceland's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 125th and Switzerland ranks 122nd of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 5 and Switzerland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 809,327 An | 331,650 An | 477,677 An | Iceland |
| 1970s | 836,100 An | 416,667 An | 419,433 An | Iceland |
| 1980s | 695,847 An | 433,735 An | 262,112 An | Iceland |
| 1990s | 491,835 An | 483,883 An | 7,952 An | Iceland |
| 2000s | 462,471 An | 514,788 An | 52,317 An | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 464,979 An | 462,889 An | 2,091 An | Iceland |
| 2020s | 372,105 An | 439,424 An | 67,319 An | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Iceland or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 461,035 An against 347,328 An in Iceland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Iceland and Switzerland?
- 113,707 An, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Iceland and Switzerland rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Iceland ranks 125th and Switzerland ranks 122nd 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
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.