Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 38.24 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goats — stocks in Northern Europe stood at 38.24 million An.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Northern Europe peaked at 54.79 million An in 1992 and was at its lowest, 25.87 million An, in 1977.
That places Northern Europe 20th out of 29 groups 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 Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35.56 million An | — |
| 1962 | 36.34 million An | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 36.10 million An | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 36.54 million An | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 36.93 million An | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 37.20 million An | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 35.72 million An | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 34.65 million An | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 33.02 million An | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 32.26 million An | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 32.05 million An | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 32.95 million An | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 34.05 million An | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 34.64 million An | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 34.27 million An | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 34.15 million An | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 25.87 million An | -24.2% |
| 1978 | 26.53 million An | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 27.68 million An | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 27.47 million An | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 27.65 million An | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 28.37 million An | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 29.30 million An | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 29.92 million An | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 30.86 million An | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 44.04 million An | +42.7% |
| 1987 | 46.04 million An | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 48.87 million An | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 51.52 million An | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 53.20 million An | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 53.32 million An | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 54.79 million An | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 54.74 million An | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 54.02 million An | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 53.27 million An | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 51.88 million An | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 52.23 million An | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 53.96 million An | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 54.08 million An | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 53.66 million An | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 48.01 million An | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 46.97 million An | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 46.69 million An | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 46.64 million An | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 45.65 million An | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 44.72 million An | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 43.40 million An | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 42.13 million An | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 40.21 million An | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 39.94 million An | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 40.63 million An | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 41.49 million An | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 41.99 million An | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 43.04 million An | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 42.82 million An | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 43.58 million An | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 44.46 million An | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 41.97 million An | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 41.42 million An | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 40.55 million An | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 40.84 million An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 41.04 million An | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 39.28 million An | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 38.24 million An | -2.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Northern Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +42.7% | 30.86 million An | 44.04 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.78 million An | 33.02 million An | 37.20 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 31.45 million An | 25.87 million An | 34.64 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.40 million An | 27.47 million An | 51.52 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.55 million An | 51.88 million An | 54.79 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.81 million An | 40.21 million An | 53.66 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.13 million An | 39.94 million An | 44.46 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.99 million An | 38.24 million An | 41.04 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 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
- 20 Indonesia 33.99 million An compare
- 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.13 million An compare
- 22 Bangladesh 31.02 million An compare
- 23 Saudi Arabia 30.19 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Europe
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate 28.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual -0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -5.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate 4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Northern Europe?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Northern Europe was 38.24 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 54.79 million An in 1992.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.87 million An in 1977.
- How does Northern Europe rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Northern Europe ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.