Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 780,244 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 780,244 An for sheep and goats — stocks in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Lebanon peaked at 1.00 million An in 2011 and was at its lowest, 360,000 An, in 1977.
That places Lebanon 104th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 630,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 650,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 650,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 692,974 An | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 660,703 An | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 655,483 An | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 629,140 An | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 556,850 An | -11.5% |
| 1969 | 560,942 An | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 609,786 An | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 598,580 An | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 593,304 An | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 556,499 An | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 604,162 An | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 460,000 An | -23.9% |
| 1976 | 400,000 An | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 360,000 An | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 500,000 An | +38.9% |
| 1979 | 555,000 An | +11.0% |
| 1980 | 589,548 An | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 590,000 An | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 584,500 An | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 580,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 600,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 605,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 600,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 606,125 An | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 605,365 An | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 615,743 An | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 650,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 709,511 An | +9.2% |
| 1992 | 705,000 An | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 686,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 661,954 An | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 687,630 An | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 794,765 An | +15.6% |
| 1997 | 818,766 An | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 816,339 An | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 814,015 An | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 771,000 An | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 727,762 An | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 706,762 An | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 730,548 An | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 737,518 An | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 832,000 An | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 854,800 An | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 759,100 An | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 780,000 An | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 802,200 An | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 669,206 An | -16.6% |
| 2011 | 1.00 million An | +49.4% |
| 2012 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 966,202 An | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 928,161 An | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 974,685 An | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 916,594 An | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 875,271 An | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 814,527 An | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 784,698 An | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 762,482 An | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 793,552 An | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 780,244 An | -1.7% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 780,244 An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.96 million An, 13% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 780,244 An is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3.96 million An, 20% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Lebanon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +49.4% | 669,206 An | 1.00 million An |
| 1978 | +38.9% | 360,000 An | 500,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 631,788 An | 556,850 An | 692,974 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 523,733 An | 360,000 An | 609,786 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 597,628 An | 580,000 An | 615,743 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 734,398 An | 650,000 An | 818,766 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 770,169 An | 706,762 An | 854,800 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 933,012 An | 669,206 An | 1.00 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 787,101 An | 762,482 An | 814,527 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 39.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 46.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Lebanon?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Lebanon was 780,244 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.00 million An in 2011.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 360,000 An in 1977.
- How does Lebanon rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Lebanon ranks 104th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.