India vs Western Africa: Sheep — Stocks

India
114.62 million An
in 2024
Western Africa
143.15 million An
in 2024
India rank
4th
Western Africa rank
8th

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • India
  • Western Africa
050.0M100.0M150.0M196119922024

How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 143.15 million An against 114.62 million An in India, a difference of 28.53 million An.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.2 times India's.

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

India ranks 4th and Western Africa ranks 8th of 179 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 4 and Western Africa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 41.19 million An 19.75 million An 21.43 million An India
1970s 40.93 million An 28.32 million An 12.61 million An India
1980s 46.92 million An 38.25 million An 8.67 million An India
1990s 53.99 million An 50.60 million An 3.40 million An India
2000s 65.17 million An 78.42 million An 13.26 million An Western Africa
2010s 70.08 million An 106.42 million An 36.34 million An Western Africa
2020s 98.96 million An 135.62 million An 36.66 million An Western Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, India or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 143.15 million An against 114.62 million An in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between India and Western Africa?
28.53 million An, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Western Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and Western Africa rank globally for sheep — stocks?
India ranks 4th and Western Africa ranks 8th 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.