Goats — Stocks by country
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...
Countries reporting
201
Highest
210.63 million An
India
Lowest
0 An
Tuvalu
Median
371,701 An
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,264
What the numbers show
Goats — Stocks is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 210.63 million An in India; the lowest is 0 An in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 371,701 An, and the mean is 6.80 million An.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 289.1%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Goats — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 210.63 million An | 2024 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 117.68 million An | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 117.55 million An | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 90.97 million An | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 28.63 million An | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 87.03 million An | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 18.11 million An | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 53.98 million An | 2024 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Türkiye | 10.82 million An | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 46.49 million An | 2024 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Kenya | 38.43 million An | 2024 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.15 million An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 9 | Mali | 33.80 million An | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4.04 million An | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Sudan | 31.88 million An | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 3.17 million An | 2024 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Sudan (former) | 30.65 million An | 2011 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.27 million An | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 27.12 million An | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.08 million An | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 13 | Mongolia | 22.92 million An | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.34 million An | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 14 | Niger | 22.03 million An | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 843,000 An | 2024 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Indonesia | 18.85 million An | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 15 | Melanesia | 298,799 An | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia PDR | 18.10 million An | 1992 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 145,192 An | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 17 | Uganda | 17.40 million An | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 138,130 An | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | South Sudan | 15.67 million An | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 34,544 An | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 19 | Nepal | 15.29 million An | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 4,926 An | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4,926 An | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 20 | Malawi | 13.79 million An | 2024 | up 134.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | 13.29 million An | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 22 | Somalia | 11.30 million An | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.45 million An | 2024 | up 289.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 10.82 million An | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Yemen | 10.37 million An | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 24 | Caribbean | 3.44 million An | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 25 | Ghana | 9.58 million An | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 8.81 million An | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 8.19 million An | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 7.76 million An | 2024 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Mauritania | 7.15 million An | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 147,123 An | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 30 | Senegal | 6.92 million An | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 31 | USSR | 6.69 million An | 1991 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 6.63 million An | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 6.19 million An | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Zambia | 6.01 million An | 2024 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Togo | 5.96 million An | 2024 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Morocco | 5.71 million An | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 37 | Australia and New Zealand | 5.49 million An | 2024 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Australia | 5.40 million An | 2024 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 39 | South Africa | 5.10 million An | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 40 | Algeria | 5.07 million An | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 4.88 million An | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea | 4.83 million An | 2024 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 4.78 million An | 2024 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 4.52 million An | 2024 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Angola | 4.27 million An | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Argentina | 4.12 million An | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 47 | Mozambique | 4.10 million An | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Benin | 3.84 million An | 2024 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Philippines | 3.82 million An | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 3.60 million An | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 51 | Libya | 2.73 million An | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 52 | Oman | 2.59 million An | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Greece | 2.58 million An | 2024 | down 46.1% | flat |
| 54 | Spain | 2.36 million An | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 55 | Myanmar | 2.30 million An | 2024 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 2.24 million An | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 2.23 million An | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 58 | Eritrea | 1.94 million An | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 59 | Haiti | 1.85 million An | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 60 | Namibia | 1.79 million An | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 61 | Peru | 1.75 million An | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 62 | Madagascar | 1.74 million An | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 63 | Russian Federation | 1.69 million An | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 1.68 million An | 2024 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 65 | Rwanda | 1.62 million An | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Romania | 1.43 million An | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 67 | Iraq | 1.35 million An | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 68 | France | 1.34 million An | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 69 | Botswana | 1.21 million An | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 70 | Egypt | 1.14 million An | 2024 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Tunisia | 1.13 million An | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 1.11 million An | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 73 | Italy | 911,000 An | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 74 | Jordan | 880,126 An | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 75 | Guinea-Bissau | 830,966 An | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Sierra Leone | 807,401 An | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Lesotho | 700,831 An | 2024 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 78 | Cuba | 667,000 An | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 659,048 An | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 615,188 An | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 81 | Jamaica | 602,785 An | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 82 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 552,000 An | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Eswatini | 531,407 An | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 84 | Djibouti | 520,013 An | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 85 | Thailand | 483,791 An | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Chile | 418,405 An | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 87 | Ukraine | 418,300 An | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 410,000 An | 2024 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 89 | Qatar | 371,701 An | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 351,450 An | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 91 | Gambia | 350,728 An | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 92 | Lebanon | 349,391 An | 2024 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 93 | Malaysia | 344,210 An | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 94 | Liberia | 337,439 An | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Congo | 325,484 An | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 96 | Portugal | 318,650 An | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 97 | Republic of Korea | 316,833 An | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 284,591 An | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 99 | Palestine | 249,197 An | 2022 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 100 | Cyprus | 228,540 An | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 101 | Kuwait | 220,640 An | 2024 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 201,472 An | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 103 | Germany | 168,300 An | 2024 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 150,000 An | 2024 | down 48.2% | rising |
| 105 | Serbia and Montenegro | 138,604 An | 2005 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 106 | China, Taiwan Province of | 122,316 An | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 107 | Comoros | 121,233 An | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Serbia | 119,061 An | 2024 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 109 | Gabon | 117,387 An | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 110 | Paraguay | 117,040 An | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 111 | Guatemala | 116,005 An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 112 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 111,000 An | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 113 | Israel | 109,307 An | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 97,918 An | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 115 | Austria | 95,810 An | 2024 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 116 | New Zealand | 88,428 An | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Switzerland | 86,796 An | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 118 | Guyana | 82,529 An | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 77,954 An | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Belgium | 75,360 An | 2022 | up 109.6% | rising |
| 121 | Norway | 75,000 An | 2024 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 122 | Croatia | 68,000 An | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 123 | Poland | 63,492 An | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62,162 An | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 125 | Czechoslovakia | 59,344 An | 1992 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Bhutan | 55,819 An | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 49,300 An | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 128 | Belarus | 48,000 An | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 129 | Réunion | 36,080 An | 2006 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 130 | Hungary | 31,300 An | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Guadeloupe | 31,000 An | 2006 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 132 | Canada | 30,007 An | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 133 | Czechia | 27,577 An | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 134 | Ecuador | 27,531 An | 2024 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Montenegro | 26,833 An | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 136 | Grenada | 25,457 An | 2024 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovenia | 25,125 An | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 138 | Honduras | 24,684 An | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 139 | Bahrain | 24,500 An | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritius | 23,038 An | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 141 | Slovakia | 20,500 An | 2022 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 19,486 An | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 143 | Uruguay | 18,520 An | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 144 | Japan | 16,466 An | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 15,665 An | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 146 | Bahamas | 15,132 An | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15,000 An | 2024 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 148 | Tonga | 14,826 An | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 149 | Saint Lucia | 14,792 An | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 150 | El Salvador | 13,745 An | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 151 | Lithuania | 13,490 An | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 152 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 13,000 An | 1999 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12,687 An | 2024 | up 85.1% | falling |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,458 An | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 9,955 An | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 156 | Dominica | 9,706 An | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 9,509 An | 2024 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 158 | Latvia | 9,060 An | 2024 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 159 | Panama | 8,998 An | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 8,129 An | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8,121 An | 2024 | up 103.0% | falling |
| 162 | Martinique | 8,100 An | 2006 | down 62.8% | rising |
| 163 | Ireland | 7,300 An | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 164 | Malta | 6,670 An | 2024 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6,201 An | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 166 | Seychelles | 5,847 An | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 167 | Barbados | 5,655 An | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Finland | 5,140 An | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 4,422 An | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 170 | Suriname | 4,382 An | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 171 | Cook Islands | 4,053 An | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 172 | Puerto Rico | 3,536 An | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Estonia | 3,200 An | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 3,150 An | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 175 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,072 An | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Iceland | 1,888 An | 2024 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 1,550 An | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 178 | French Guiana | 1,264 An | 2006 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 179 | Singapore | 754 An | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 180 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 680 An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Belize | 193 An | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Tuvalu | 0 An | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.19 billion An
- Asia 594.69 million An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 590.29 million An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 418.82 million An
- Africa 533.69 million An
- Middle Africa 68.20 million An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 440.49 million An
- Southern Asia 366.78 million An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 302.96 million An
- Eastern Africa 204.69 million An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 5.14 million An
- Western Africa 203.82 million An
- Eastern Asia 144.97 million An
- Northern Africa 47.66 million An
- Western Asia 40.04 million An
- Americas 39.55 million An
- South-Eastern Asia 29.96 million An
- South America 24.55 million An
- Europe 13.77 million An
- Central Asia 12.94 million An
- European Union (27) 10.51 million An
- Southern Africa 9.32 million An
- Central America 9.06 million An
- Southern Europe 7.19 million An
- Oceania 5.83 million An
- Eastern Europe 4.02 million An
- Northern America 2.50 million An
- United States of America 2.47 million An
- Western Europe 2.31 million An
- Northern Europe 256,062 An
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.