China vs Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep — Stocks

China
182.94 million An
in 2024
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
357.61 million An
in 2024
China rank
1st
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank
4th

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • China
  • Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M196119922024

How they compare

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) currently reports 357.61 million An against 182.94 million An in China, a difference of 174.67 million An.

That makes Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)'s figure about 2.0 times China's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th of 179 countries.

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 72.36 million An 100.39 million An 28.03 million An Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
1970s 90.65 million An 112.11 million An 21.46 million An Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
1980s 102.37 million An 132.61 million An 30.24 million An Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
1990s 116.34 million An 166.69 million An 50.35 million An Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2000s 140.44 million An 214.86 million An 74.42 million An Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2010s 156.03 million An 284.25 million An 128.21 million An Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
2020s 185.88 million An 346.70 million An 160.81 million An Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, China or Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), at 357.61 million An against 182.94 million An in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between China and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
174.67 million An, with Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank globally for sheep — stocks?
China ranks 1st and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th 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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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.