Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Barbados
Barbados: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 18,373 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 18,373 An for sheep and goats — stocks in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Barbados peaked at 66,000 An in 1979 and was at its lowest, 10,250 An, in 2000.
That places Barbados 166th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Barbados, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,400 An | — |
| 1962 | 55,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 53,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 55,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 56,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 58,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 60,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 60,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 62,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 63,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 63,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 63,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 64,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 64,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 65,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 64,500 An | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 65,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 65,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 66,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 65,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 62,000 An | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 61,000 An | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 57,000 An | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 53,000 An | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 50,000 An | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 48,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 46,000 An | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 45,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 43,501 An | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 11,400 An | -73.8% |
| 1991 | 11,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 12,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 12,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,500 An | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 11,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 11,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 11,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,300 An | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 10,250 An | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 10,800 An | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 13,000 An | +20.4% |
| 2003 | 14,850 An | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 15,750 An | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 15,900 An | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 16,150 An | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 16,200 An | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 16,700 An | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 16,700 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17,200 An | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 17,700 An | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 18,300 An | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 18,700 An | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 18,500 An | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 18,391 An | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 18,332 An | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 18,286 An | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 18,261 An | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 18,251 An | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 18,244 An | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 18,399 An | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 18,340 An | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 18,355 An | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 18,373 An | +0.1% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 18,373 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 330,410 An, 6% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 18,373 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,253 An, 30% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -73.8% | 43,501 An | 11,400 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,044 An | 53,000 An | 62,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,250 An | 63,000 An | 66,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,050 An | 43,501 An | 65,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,310 An | 10,300 An | 12,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,630 An | 10,250 An | 16,700 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,192 An | 17,200 An | 18,700 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,342 An | 18,244 An | 18,399 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 163 El Salvador 19,322 An compare
- 164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19,114 An compare
- 165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18,954 An compare
- 167 Dominica 18,222 An compare
- 168 Belize 16,991 An compare
- 169 Puerto Rico 16,327 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.19 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.403 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Barbados?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Barbados was 18,373 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 66,000 An in 1979.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,250 An in 2000.
- How does Barbados rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Barbados ranks 166th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and 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.