United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland vs Western Europe: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
31.13 million An
in 2024
Western Europe
11.91 million An
in 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
21st
Western Europe rank
24th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Western Europe
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 31.13 million An against 11.91 million An in Western Europe, a difference of 19.22 million An.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 2.6 times Western Europe's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been ahead every year.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 21st and Western Europe ranks 24th of 186 countries.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Western Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 29.10 million An 14.67 million An 14.43 million An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1970s 25.48 million An 16.00 million An 9.48 million An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1980s 29.55 million An 19.06 million An 10.49 million An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 43.85 million An 17.57 million An 26.29 million An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 35.59 million An 15.61 million An 19.97 million An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 33.20 million An 12.93 million An 20.27 million An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 32.44 million An 12.25 million An 20.19 million An United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or Western Europe?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 31.13 million An against 11.91 million An in Western Europe as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Western Europe?
19.22 million An, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Western Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Western Europe rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 21st and Western Europe ranks 24th 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.