Goats — Stocks in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Goats — Stocks was 5.49 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Goats — Stocks in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 5.49 million An for goats — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.9% on the previous year and up 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 5.49 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65,000 An, in 1962.
That places Australia and New Zealand 37th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Goats — Stocks in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 65,000 An | -4.4% |
| 1963 | 80,000 An | +23.1% |
| 1964 | 85,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 85,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 85,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 85,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 88,651 An | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 90,916 An | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 90,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 115,000 An | +27.8% |
| 1972 | 135,000 An | +17.4% |
| 1973 | 160,000 An | +18.5% |
| 1974 | 115,000 An | -28.1% |
| 1975 | 130,000 An | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 140,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 94,434 An | -32.5% |
| 1978 | 98,192 An | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 113,958 An | +16.1% |
| 1980 | 117,607 An | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 138,061 An | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 167,747 An | +21.5% |
| 1983 | 335,497 An | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 310,365 An | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 526,887 An | +69.8% |
| 1986 | 1.62 million An | +206.8% |
| 1987 | 1.98 million An | +22.4% |
| 1988 | 2.65 million An | +33.9% |
| 1989 | 2.53 million An | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 2.69 million An | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 2.56 million An | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 2.68 million An | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 2.28 million An | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 2.18 million An | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 1.92 million An | -12.3% |
| 1996 | 2.04 million An | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 2.05 million An | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1.95 million An | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 1.76 million An | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 2.09 million An | +18.5% |
| 2001 | 2.30 million An | +10.3% |
| 2002 | 2.90 million An | +26.0% |
| 2003 | 2.71 million An | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 2.98 million An | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 3.54 million An | +18.9% |
| 2006 | 3.43 million An | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 2.61 million An | -23.9% |
| 2008 | 2.80 million An | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 3.48 million An | +24.6% |
| 2010 | 3.60 million An | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 3.59 million An | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 3.64 million An | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 3.63 million An | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 3.67 million An | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 3.67 million An | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 3.76 million An | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 3.70 million An | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 3.85 million An | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 4.01 million An | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 3.40 million An | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 3.52 million An | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 3.89 million An | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 4.22 million An | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 5.49 million An | +29.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,396 An | 65,000 An | 90,916 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 119,158 An | 90,000 An | 160,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.04 million An | 117,607 An | 2.65 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.21 million An | 1.76 million An | 2.69 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.88 million An | 2.09 million An | 3.54 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.71 million An | 3.59 million An | 4.01 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.10 million An | 3.40 million An | 5.49 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — stocks in Australia and New Zealand?
- Goats — stocks in Australia and New Zealand was 5.49 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 5.49 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,000 An in 1962.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for goats — stocks?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 37th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Goats — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.