Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Belgium
Belgium: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 185,480 An in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Belgium, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — stocks in Belgium is 185,480 An, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 19.0% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Belgium peaked at 185,480 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 136,971 An, in 2017.
That places Belgium 134th out of 186 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Belgium, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 141,887 An | — |
| 2001 | 176,892 An | +24.7% |
| 2002 | 171,441 An | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 172,267 An | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 176,128 An | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 178,593 An | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 181,961 An | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 179,402 An | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 163,271 An | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 157,887 An | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 142,000 An | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 149,525 An | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 155,215 An | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 154,880 An | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 150,000 An | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 144,278 An | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 137,030 An | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 136,971 An | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 155,910 An | +13.8% |
| 2022 | 185,480 An | +19.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 185,480 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 330,410 An, 56% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 185,480 An is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 735,876 An, 25% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 169,973 An | 141,887 An | 181,961 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 147,312 An | 136,971 An | 155,910 An | 9 |
| 2020s | 185,480 An | 185,480 An | 185,480 An | 1 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Belgium?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Belgium was 185,480 An in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 185,480 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 136,971 An in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Belgium ranks 134th out of 186 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.