Sheep and 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
205
Highest
325.26 million An
India
Lowest
0 An
Tuvalu
Median
1.30 million An
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,597
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goats — Stocks is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 325.26 million An in India; the lowest is 0 An in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.30 million An, and the mean is 15.77 million An.
Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 157.5%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Sheep and Goats — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 325.26 million An | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 300.62 million An | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 300.49 million An | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 143.11 million An | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 71.93 million An | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 5 | USSR | 139.64 million An | 1991 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 54.90 million An | 2024 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 6 | Pakistan | 119.77 million An | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 38.14 million An | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 108.40 million An | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.01 million An | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 95.03 million An | 2024 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 9.74 million An | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 9 | Chad | 91.66 million An | 2024 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 84.73 million An | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.07 million An | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan (former) | 83.29 million An | 2011 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4.21 million An | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Sudan | 72.58 million An | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 3.17 million An | 2024 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Kenya | 64.64 million An | 2024 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.97 million An | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 14 | Mali | 58.29 million An | 2024 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 843,000 An | 2024 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Mongolia | 47.41 million An | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 561,738 An | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 16 | Ethiopia PDR | 41.30 million An | 1992 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 16 | Melanesia | 348,669 An | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 17 | Niger | 37.70 million An | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 184,192 An | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 18 | Algeria | 37.43 million An | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 34,985 An | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 35.16 million An | 2024 | up 32.8% | 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 | Indonesia | 33.99 million An | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 31.13 million An | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 31.02 million An | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 30.19 million An | 2024 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 24 | South Sudan | 30.02 million An | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 25 | South Africa | 26.34 million An | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 26 | Morocco | 25.60 million An | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.08 million An | 2024 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 24.62 million An | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 23.67 million An | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 5.47 million An | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 22.36 million An | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 166,824 An | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 30 | Uganda | 21.78 million An | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Yemen | 21.17 million An | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 20.80 million An | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 33 | Afghanistan | 20.64 million An | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 20.22 million An | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 35 | Somalia | 19.29 million An | 2024 | down 19.4% | flat |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 19.05 million An | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 18.36 million An | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 17.67 million An | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 39 | Argentina | 16.56 million An | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 40 | Nepal | 15.92 million An | 2024 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 15.84 million An | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 42 | Ghana | 15.76 million An | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Senegal | 15.64 million An | 2024 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | 14.23 million An | 2024 | up 131.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Peru | 13.03 million An | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 46 | Romania | 11.87 million An | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 47 | Greece | 10.35 million An | 2024 | down 22.7% | flat |
| 48 | Libya | 10.22 million An | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 10.18 million An | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Guinea | 8.82 million An | 2024 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Iraq | 8.03 million An | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 52 | Togo | 7.99 million An | 2024 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 53 | France | 7.95 million An | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 7.45 million An | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 55 | Yugoslav SFR | 7.43 million An | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 56 | Tunisia | 7.22 million An | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 57 | Central African Republic | 6.65 million An | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 6.51 million An | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 59 | Benin | 6.49 million An | 2024 | up 146.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Zambia | 6.34 million An | 2024 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Italy | 6.30 million An | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.28 million An | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 5.67 million An | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 5.63 million An | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 65 | Angola | 5.41 million An | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Burundi | 5.23 million An | 2024 | up 87.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Eritrea | 4.44 million An | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 68 | Mozambique | 4.33 million An | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 4.29 million An | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Jordan | 3.96 million An | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 71 | Philippines | 3.85 million An | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Namibia | 3.71 million An | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 73 | Ireland | 3.60 million An | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 74 | Oman | 3.27 million An | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Egypt | 3.09 million An | 2024 | down 68.1% | rising |
| 76 | Myanmar | 2.84 million An | 2024 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Colombia | 2.80 million An | 2024 | up 58.9% | flat |
| 78 | Madagascar | 2.66 million An | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 79 | Lesotho | 2.61 million An | 2024 | up 20.4% | flat |
| 80 | Portugal | 2.46 million An | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 81 | Norway | 2.20 million An | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 82 | Chile | 2.17 million An | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 83 | Haiti | 2.16 million An | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 2.02 million An | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.98 million An | 2005 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 86 | Rwanda | 1.91 million An | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Serbia | 1.88 million An | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 1.79 million An | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 1.74 million An | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Germany | 1.68 million An | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 91 | Botswana | 1.35 million An | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.30 million An | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Qatar | 1.18 million An | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 1.17 million An | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.16 million An | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 96 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.16 million An | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 97 | Palestine | 1.03 million An | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 98 | Djibouti | 990,551 An | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 99 | Kuwait | 958,187 An | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Czechoslovakia | 933,276 An | 1992 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 101 | Ukraine | 906,300 An | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Hungary | 878,100 An | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 103 | Canada | 852,007 An | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 104 | Lebanon | 780,244 An | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 105 | Georgia | 761,700 An | 2024 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 106 | Guatemala | 727,334 An | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 107 | Armenia | 710,051 An | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 108 | Croatia | 621,000 An | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 109 | Liberia | 619,135 An | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 615,046 An | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 111 | Jamaica | 604,097 An | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 112 | Cyprus | 593,290 An | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 113 | Eswatini | 549,929 An | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 114 | Gambia | 541,607 An | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 115 | Thailand | 525,455 An | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Israel | 509,307 An | 2024 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 117 | Paraguay | 488,778 An | 2024 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 118 | Austria | 486,750 An | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 119 | Malaysia | 483,603 An | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 120 | Ecuador | 475,913 An | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 463,424 An | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 122 | Switzerland | 461,035 An | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 123 | Congo | 451,441 An | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 369,270 An | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 125 | Iceland | 347,328 An | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 126 | Gabon | 338,541 An | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 127 | Poland | 333,030 An | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Sweden | 327,790 An | 2024 | down 44.3% | rising |
| 129 | Fiji | 324,138 An | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 130 | Republic of Korea | 318,224 An | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 131 | Slovakia | 302,614 An | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 132 | Guyana | 214,691 An | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 133 | Czechia | 207,945 An | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 134 | Belgium | 185,480 An | 2022 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 135 | Montenegro | 171,749 An | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 136 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 171,000 An | 1999 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 137 | Denmark | 165,964 An | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 138 | Comoros | 147,481 An | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 139 | Slovenia | 141,950 An | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 140 | Lithuania | 137,900 An | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 141 | China, Taiwan Province of | 122,471 An | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 142 | Belarus | 122,000 An | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 143 | Finland | 120,572 An | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 144 | Bahrain | 87,500 An | 2024 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 80,850 An | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Faroe Islands | 79,941 An | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 147 | Latvia | 78,700 An | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 148 | Bhutan | 64,995 An | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 51,641 An | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 150 | Estonia | 49,300 An | 2024 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 151 | Honduras | 41,656 An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 152 | Réunion | 37,104 An | 2006 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 153 | Grenada | 35,096 An | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 154 | Guadeloupe | 33,250 An | 2006 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 155 | Japan | 31,617 An | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28,158 An | 2024 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 157 | Mauritius | 28,089 An | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 23,937 An | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 159 | Martinique | 22,500 An | 2006 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 160 | Bahamas | 21,721 An | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 161 | Malta | 21,230 An | 2024 | up 40.1% | falling |
| 162 | Antigua and Barbuda | 19,473 An | 2024 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 163 | El Salvador | 19,322 An | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19,114 An | 2024 | up 91.1% | falling |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18,954 An | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 166 | Barbados | 18,373 An | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Dominica | 18,222 An | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 168 | Belize | 16,991 An | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | 16,327 An | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 16,106 An | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 171 | Nicaragua | 15,060 An | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 172 | Tonga | 14,826 An | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 14,057 An | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 174 | Suriname | 11,008 An | 2024 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 10,769 An | 2024 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | 10,459 An | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9,588 An | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 178 | Panama | 8,998 An | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 7,428 An | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Seychelles | 5,847 An | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 181 | Cook Islands | 4,053 An | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 3,303 An | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 183 | French Guiana | 2,676 An | 2006 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 184 | Singapore | 754 An | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 185 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 704 An | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 186 | 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 2.55 billion An
- Asia 1.22 billion An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.01 billion An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 703.18 million An
- Africa 972.37 million An
- Middle Africa 119.82 million An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 798.10 million An
- Southern Asia 584.97 million An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 582.49 million An
- Eastern Asia 352.58 million An
- Western Africa 346.98 million An
- Eastern Africa 314.85 million An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 7.95 million An
- Western Asia 159.48 million An
- Northern Africa 156.15 million An
- Europe 128.65 million An
- Americas 120.69 million An
- Oceania 108.79 million An
- South America 88.29 million An
- Central Asia 76.69 million An
- European Union (27) 67.02 million An
- South-Eastern Asia 45.89 million An
- Southern Europe 41.35 million An
- Northern Europe 38.24 million An
- Eastern Europe 37.15 million An
- Southern Africa 34.57 million An
- Central America 18.58 million An
- Western Europe 11.91 million An
- Northern America 8.35 million An
- United States of America 7.50 million 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.