Sheep and Goats β Stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sheep and Goats β Stocks was 703.18 million An in 2024. β² Rising
Sheep and Goats β Stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goats β stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 703.18 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats β stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 703.18 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 168.35 million An, in 1961.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd of 40 regions on this measure, 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 | 183.29 million An | 168.35 million An | 197.23 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 207.28 million An | 191.88 million An | 225.97 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 241.86 million An | 226.38 million An | 266.21 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 307.31 million An | 271.16 million An | 356.73 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 403.60 million An | 359.55 million An | 457.92 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 547.46 million An | 471.06 million An | 639.07 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 676.50 million An | 655.57 million An | 703.18 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled β Yield/Carcass Weight 47 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco β Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes β Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes β Yield 16,020 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes β Area harvested 467,729 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco β Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs β Producing Animals/Slaughtered 43.68 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs β Production 146,458 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled β Production 2.07 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs β Stocks 56.51 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats β stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Sheep and goats β stocks in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 703.18 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats β stocks recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 703.18 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats β stocks recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 168.35 million An in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for sheep and goats β stocks?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 40 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats β stocks rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goats β 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.