Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Eritrea
Eritrea: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 4.44 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 4.44 million An for sheep and goats — stocks in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Eritrea peaked at 4.45 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.91 million An, in 1993.
Eritrea ranks 73rd of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.25 million An | 2.91 million An | 3.78 million An | 7 |
| 2000s | 3.90 million An | 3.70 million An | 4.00 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.15 million An | 4.02 million An | 4.32 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.42 million An | 4.35 million An | 4.45 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 70 Angola 5.41 million An compare
- 71 Burundi 5.23 million An compare
- 74 Mozambique 4.33 million An compare
- 75 United Arab Emirates 4.29 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture share gdp 14.12 (2009)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.12 (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 262.24 million current US$ (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 2.36 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Aquaculture farmed fish production 25.97 (2024)
- Cereal yield 638 kg per hectare (2024)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 25.97 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Eritrea?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Eritrea was 4.44 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 4.45 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.91 million An in 1993.
- How does Eritrea rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Eritrea ranks 73rd out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.