Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Ecuador

Ecuador: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 475,913 An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
475,913 An
Change on year
down 19.4%
World rank
131st
of 202 countries
All-time high
2.47 million An
in 1999
All-time low
377,642 An
in 2018
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Ecuador, 1961–2024

500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

The most recent figure for sheep and goats — stocks in Ecuador is 475,913 An, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 19.4% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Ecuador peaked at 2.47 million An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 377,642 An, in 2018.

Ecuador ranks 131st of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.91 million An 1.81 million An 2.04 million An 9
1970s 1.89 million An 1.31 million An 2.28 million An 10
1980s 1.45 million An 1.28 million An 1.63 million An 10
1990s 2.04 million An 1.73 million An 2.47 million An 10
2000s 1.24 million An 892,742 An 2.25 million An 10
2010s 643,573 An 377,642 An 927,323 An 10
2020s 547,911 An 475,913 An 590,590 An 5

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 128 Paraguay 488,778 An compare
  2. 129 Austria 486,750 An compare
  3. 130 Malaysia 483,603 An compare
  4. 132 Dominican Republic 463,424 An compare
  5. 133 Switzerland 461,035 An compare
  6. 134 Congo 451,441 An compare

See the full ranking of 235 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goats — stocks in Ecuador?
Sheep and goats — stocks in Ecuador was 475,913 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 2.47 million An in 1999.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 377,642 An in 2018.
How does Ecuador rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
Ecuador ranks 131st out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ecuador 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

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,597 data points, 1961–2024
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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.