Botswana vs Gambia: Sheep — Stocks

Botswana
148,744 An
in 2024
Gambia
190,879 An
in 2024
Botswana rank
124th
Gambia rank
121st

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • Botswana
  • Gambia
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922024

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 190,879 An against 148,744 An in Botswana, a difference of 42,135 An.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 124th and Gambia ranks 121st of 179 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Gambia Difference Ahead
1960s 163,381 An 81,277 An 82,104 An Botswana
1970s 274,087 An 120,730 An 153,357 An Botswana
1980s 197,370 An 153,533 An 43,837 An Botswana
1990s 331,100 An 135,908 An 195,192 An Botswana
2000s 245,862 An 182,636 An 63,227 An Botswana
2010s 256,872 An 121,893 An 134,979 An Botswana
2020s 196,345 An 182,490 An 13,855 An Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, Botswana or Gambia?
Gambia, at 190,879 An against 148,744 An in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Botswana and Gambia?
42,135 An, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Gambia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Gambia rank globally for sheep — stocks?
Botswana ranks 124th and Gambia ranks 121st of 179 countries.
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.