Goats — Stocks in Australia
Australia: Goats — Stocks was 5.40 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Goats — Stocks in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Australia recorded 5.40 million An for goats — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 30.6% on the previous year and up 51.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goats — stocks in Australia peaked at 5.40 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40,000 An, in 1961.
Australia ranks 41st of 198 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,833 An | 40,000 An | 50,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 68,500 An | 50,000 An | 80,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 505,400 An | 65,000 An | 1.35 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.80 million An | 1.57 million An | 2.15 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.75 million An | 1.91 million An | 3.40 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.62 million An | 3.50 million An | 3.92 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.01 million An | 3.30 million An | 5.40 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goats — stocks in Australia?
- Goats — stocks in Australia was 5.40 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest goats — stocks recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.40 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest goats — stocks recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 An in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for goats — stocks?
- Australia ranks 41st out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is goats — stocks rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.