Saudi Arabia vs Southern Africa: Sheep — Stocks
Sheep — Stocks over time
- Saudi Arabia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 25.24 million An against 22.43 million An in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 2.82 million An.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 20th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 179 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.99 million An | 43.53 million An | 41.53 million An | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 3.03 million An | 37.32 million An | 34.30 million An | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 6.10 million An | 35.82 million An | 29.71 million An | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 7.24 million An | 34.03 million An | 26.80 million An | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 7.48 million An | 29.97 million An | 22.49 million An | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 9.60 million An | 27.51 million An | 17.90 million An | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 20.25 million An | 25.10 million An | 4.85 million An | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — stocks, Saudi Arabia or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 25.24 million An against 22.43 million An in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Saudi Arabia and Southern Africa?
- 2.82 million An, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Saudi Arabia and Southern Africa rank globally for sheep — stocks?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 20th and Southern Africa ranks 21st 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
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.