Mexico vs Spain: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Mexico
17.67 million An
in 2024
Spain
15.84 million An
in 2024
Mexico rank
38th
Spain rank
41st

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Mexico
  • Spain
010.0M20.0M30.0M196119922024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 17.67 million An against 15.84 million An in Spain, a difference of 1.84 million An.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

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

Mexico ranks 38th and Spain ranks 41st of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 15.46 million An 22.59 million An 7.13 million An Spain
1970s 15.41 million An 18.99 million An 3.58 million An Spain
1980s 16.28 million An 20.76 million An 4.48 million An Spain
1990s 15.89 million An 26.80 million An 10.91 million An Spain
2000s 15.92 million An 25.48 million An 9.56 million An Spain
2010s 17.34 million An 19.14 million An 1.79 million An Spain
2020s 17.62 million An 16.88 million An 737,140 An Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Mexico or Spain?
Mexico, at 17.67 million An against 15.84 million An in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Mexico and Spain?
1.84 million An, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Spain?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Spain rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Mexico ranks 38th and Spain ranks 41st of 185 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.