Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 348,669 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Melanesia, 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 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 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 215,554 An | — |
| 1962 | 214,961 An | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 227,084 An | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 221,364 An | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 224,840 An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 213,082 An | -5.2% |
| 1967 | 176,338 An | -17.2% |
| 1968 | 198,140 An | +12.4% |
| 1969 | 200,251 An | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 173,672 An | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 180,728 An | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 171,021 An | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 167,499 An | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 169,754 An | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 155,785 An | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 141,506 An | -9.2% |
| 1977 | 138,068 An | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 118,917 An | -13.9% |
| 1979 | 126,148 An | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 135,461 An | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 181,778 An | +34.2% |
| 1982 | 189,376 An | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 206,571 An | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 220,284 An | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 228,478 An | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 229,866 An | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 227,299 An | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 215,350 An | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 215,850 An | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 206,750 An | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 211,999 An | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 225,285 An | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 240,600 An | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 246,050 An | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 252,950 An | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 247,879 An | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 270,893 An | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 275,200 An | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 277,270 An | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 281,131 An | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 284,949 An | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 288,827 An | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 250,900 An | -13.1% |
| 2004 | 351,400 An | +40.1% |
| 2005 | 281,408 An | -19.9% |
| 2006 | 289,694 An | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 290,128 An | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 291,416 An | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 295,693 An | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 295,855 An | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 294,530 An | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 297,257 An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 302,581 An | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 299,376 An | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 311,424 An | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 312,779 An | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 319,155 An | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 323,574 An | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 330,862 An | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 332,130 An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 334,009 An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 337,178 An | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 340,321 An | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 348,669 An | +2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +40.1% | 250,900 An | 351,400 An |
| 1981 | +34.2% | 135,461 An | 181,778 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 13 Kenya 64.64 million An compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.97 million An compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 843,000 An compare
- 14 Mali 58.29 million An compare
- 15 Mongolia 47.41 million An compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 561,738 An compare
- 16 Ethiopia PDR 41.30 million An compare
- 17 Niger 37.70 million An compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 184,192 An compare
- 18 Algeria 37.43 million An compare
- 18 Polynesia 34,985 An compare
- 19 Brazil 35.16 million An compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 4,926 An compare
- 19 Micronesia 4,926 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 8.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
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 countries 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
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.