Sheep and Goats — Stocks in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 3,303 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 3,303 An for sheep and goats — stocks in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in New Caledonia peaked at 25,400 An in 1963 and was at its lowest, 3,303 An, in 2024.
That places New Caledonia 182nd 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 New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 24,300 An | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 25,400 An | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 19,600 An | -22.8% |
| 1965 | 18,800 An | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 18,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 17,600 An | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 19,600 An | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 17,000 An | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 19,556 An | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 18,000 An | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 17,100 An | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 15,000 An | -12.3% |
| 1976 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 14,800 An | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 11,000 An | -25.7% |
| 1981 | 11,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14,600 An | +32.7% |
| 1983 | 19,929 An | +36.5% |
| 1984 | 20,565 An | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 20,349 An | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 20,100 An | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 19,949 An | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 19,800 An | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 19,900 An | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 20,200 An | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 20,149 An | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 20,000 An | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 17,900 An | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 17,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 16,900 An | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 15,000 An | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 13,900 An | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 12,800 An | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 12,700 An | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 12,600 An | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 11,500 An | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 10,427 An | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 10,400 An | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 10,400 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9,258 An | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 8,738 An | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 8,221 An | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 7,647 An | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 7,122 An | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 6,602 An | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 6,086 An | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 6,819 An | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 5,124 An | -24.9% |
| 2014 | 4,838 An | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 4,380 An | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 4,245 An | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 4,233 An | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,282 An | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 4,400 An | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 4,212 An | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 3,854 An | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 3,597 An | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 3,630 An | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 3,303 An | -9.0% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 3,303 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 330,410 An, 1% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 3,303 An is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 403,870 An, 1% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in New Caledonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +36.5% | 14,600 An | 19,929 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,589 An | 17,600 An | 25,400 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,446 An | 14,800 An | 19,556 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,719 An | 11,000 An | 20,565 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,655 An | 12,700 An | 20,200 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,631 An | 7,122 An | 12,600 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,101 An | 4,233 An | 6,819 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,719 An | 3,303 An | 4,212 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 179 Brunei Darussalam 7,428 An compare
- 180 Seychelles 5,847 An compare
- 181 Cook Islands 4,053 An compare
- 183 French Guiana 2,676 An compare
- 184 Singapore 754 An compare
- 185 China, Hong Kong SAR 704 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in New Caledonia?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in New Caledonia was 3,303 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 25,400 An in 1963.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,303 An in 2024.
- How does New Caledonia rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- New Caledonia ranks 182nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.