Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Malta
Malta: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 21,230 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Malta, 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 Malta is 21,230 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Malta peaked at 42,615 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9,101 An, in 1982.
That places Malta 161st out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Malta, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,615 An | — |
| 1962 | 41,500 An | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 41,370 An | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 40,406 An | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 36,467 An | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 35,615 An | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 33,392 An | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 29,198 An | -12.6% |
| 1969 | 27,470 An | -5.9% |
| 1970 | 25,533 An | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 23,277 An | -8.8% |
| 1972 | 21,022 An | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 20,011 An | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 17,998 An | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 18,572 An | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 17,443 An | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 15,123 An | -13.3% |
| 1978 | 12,599 An | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 11,564 An | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 10,896 An | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 9,579 An | -12.1% |
| 1982 | 9,101 An | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 9,588 An | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 10,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,400 An | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 10,600 An | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 10,900 An | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 11,200 An | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 22,200 An | +98.2% |
| 1991 | 22,800 An | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 23,200 An | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 23,700 An | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 24,700 An | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 25,183 An | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 25,050 An | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 24,500 An | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 23,500 An | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 22,500 An | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 17,000 An | -24.4% |
| 2001 | 14,398 An | -15.3% |
| 2002 | 13,883 An | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 17,416 An | +25.4% |
| 2004 | 20,235 An | +16.2% |
| 2005 | 19,765 An | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 20,914 An | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 18,000 An | -13.9% |
| 2008 | 18,542 An | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 18,872 An | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 17,489 An | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 16,825 An | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 16,544 An | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 15,528 An | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 15,153 An | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 16,013 An | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 16,494 An | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 16,899 An | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 18,900 An | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 18,750 An | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 18,680 An | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 18,370 An | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 20,990 An | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 20,550 An | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 21,230 An | +3.3% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 21,230 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 330,410 An, 6% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malta's 21,230 An is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3.96 million An, 1% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +98.2% | 11,200 An | 22,200 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,448 An | 27,470 An | 42,615 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,314 An | 11,564 An | 25,533 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,226 An | 9,101 An | 11,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,733 An | 22,200 An | 25,183 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,902 An | 13,883 An | 20,914 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,860 An | 15,153 An | 18,900 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,964 An | 18,370 An | 21,230 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 158 Saint Lucia 23,937 An compare
- 159 Martinique 22,500 An compare
- 160 Bahamas 21,721 An compare
- 162 Antigua and Barbuda 19,473 An compare
- 163 El Salvador 19,322 An compare
- 164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19,114 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Malta?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Malta was 21,230 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 42,615 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,101 An in 1982.
- How does Malta rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Malta ranks 161st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta 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.