Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Melanesia

Melanesia: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 348,669 An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
348,669 An
Change on year
up 2.5%
Rank
16th
of 20 regions
All-time high
351,400 An
in 2004
All-time low
118,917 An
in 1978
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Melanesia, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

The most recent figure for sheep and goats — stocks in Melanesia is 348,669 An, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Melanesia peaked at 351,400 An in 2004 and was at its lowest, 118,917 An, in 1978.

Melanesia ranks 16th of 20 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 210,179 An 176,338 An 227,084 An 9
1970s 154,310 An 118,917 An 180,728 An 10
1980s 205,031 An 135,461 An 229,866 An 10
1990s 245,488 An 206,750 An 277,270 An 10
2000s 290,555 An 250,900 An 351,400 An 10
2010s 308,739 An 294,530 An 330,862 An 10
2020s 338,461 An 332,130 An 348,669 An 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 13 Kenya 64.64 million An compare
  2. 14 Mali 58.29 million An compare
  3. 15 Mongolia 47.41 million An compare
  4. 16 Ethiopia PDR 41.30 million An compare
  5. 17 Niger 37.70 million An compare
  6. 18 Algeria 37.43 million An compare
  7. 19 Brazil 35.16 million An compare

See the full ranking of 235 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goats — stocks in Melanesia?
Sheep and goats — stocks in Melanesia was 348,669 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 351,400 An in 2004.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 118,917 An in 1978.
How does Melanesia rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
Melanesia ranks 16th out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Melanesia 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

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,597 data points, 1961–2024
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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.