Sheep and Goats — Stocks in India
India: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 325.26 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — stocks in India is 325.26 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in India peaked at 325.26 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 101.09 million An, in 1961.
That places India 1st out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104.84 million An | 101.09 million An | 107.03 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 113.47 million An | 107.13 million An | 126.57 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 147.60 million An | 131.87 million An | 159.88 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 172.74 million An | 161.90 million An | 182.05 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 196.25 million An | 182.98 million An | 212.10 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 212.01 million An | 200.24 million An | 223.15 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 278.07 million An | 239.30 million An | 325.26 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 37.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in India?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in India was 325.26 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 325.26 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 101.09 million An in 1961.
- How does India rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- India ranks 1st out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.