Horses — Stocks in Iceland
Iceland: Horses — Stocks was 50,000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horses — Stocks in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 50,000 An for horses — stocks in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — stocks in Iceland peaked at 80,518 An in 1996 and was at its lowest, 29,536 An, in 1964.
That places Iceland 74th out of 176 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,412 An | 29,536 An | 35,490 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,581 An | 33,472 An | 51,019 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,283 An | 50,067 An | 69,238 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,043 An | 71,693 An | 80,518 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,481 An | 71,267 An | 77,502 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,546 An | 64,679 An | 78,272 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,812 An | 49,659 An | 58,466 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 71 Belgium-Luxembourg 60,000 An compare
- 72 Tunisia 57,197 An compare
- 73 Algeria 50,860 An compare
- 75 Iraq 49,640 An compare
- 76 Azerbaijan 49,583 An compare
- 77 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 48,351 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture share gdp 3.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 5.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 22,689 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.41 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 1,362 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — stocks in Iceland?
- Horses — stocks in Iceland was 50,000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — stocks recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 80,518 An in 1996.
- What is the lowest horses — stocks recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,536 An in 1964.
- How does Iceland rank for horses — stocks?
- Iceland ranks 74th out of 176 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horses — stocks rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horses — 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.