Asia vs Australia and New Zealand: Sheep — Stocks

Asia
624.93 million An
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand
102.91 million An
in 2024
Asia rank
1st
Australia and New Zealand rank
5th

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • Asia
  • Australia and New Zealand
0200.0M400.0M600.0M196119922024

How they compare

Asia currently reports 624.93 million An against 102.91 million An in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 522.01 million An.

That makes Asia's figure about 6.1 times Australia and New Zealand's.

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

Asia ranks 1st and Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 16 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia Australia and New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 249.78 million An 217.60 million An 32.18 million An Asia
1970s 281.38 million An 209.65 million An 71.73 million An Asia
1980s 327.86 million An 211.43 million An 116.43 million An Asia
1990s 397.42 million An 184.53 million An 212.89 million An Asia
2000s 435.29 million An 134.93 million An 300.36 million An Asia
2010s 498.70 million An 100.44 million An 398.26 million An Asia
2020s 610.53 million An 95.61 million An 514.92 million An Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, Asia or Australia and New Zealand?
Asia, at 624.93 million An against 102.91 million An in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Asia and Australia and New Zealand?
522.01 million An, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Australia and New Zealand?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Asia and Australia and New Zealand rank globally for sheep — stocks?
Asia ranks 1st and Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 16 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — 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 — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 12,958 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.