Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 16,327 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Puerto Rico, 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 Puerto Rico is 16,327 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.4% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Puerto Rico peaked at 35,000 An in 1992 and was at its lowest, 8,300 An, in 2004.
That places Puerto Rico 169th 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,800 An | — |
| 1962 | 19,850 An | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 20,400 An | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 20,450 An | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 21,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 24,050 An | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 24,100 An | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 25,100 An | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 24,500 An | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 25,500 An | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 26,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 25,800 An | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 27,200 An | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 27,300 An | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 29,100 An | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 31,600 An | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 31,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 31,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 31,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30,700 An | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 29,400 An | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 22,400 An | -23.8% |
| 1983 | 23,600 An | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 23,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 22,100 An | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 21,900 An | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 21,200 An | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 21,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 26,100 An | +23.1% |
| 1990 | 28,200 An | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 33,500 An | +18.8% |
| 1992 | 35,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 33,595 An | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 34,100 An | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 32,875 An | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 23,901 An | -27.3% |
| 1997 | 29,000 An | +21.3% |
| 1998 | 25,517 An | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 25,000 An | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 25,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 25,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 25,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,619 An | -57.5% |
| 2004 | 8,300 An | -21.8% |
| 2005 | 9,256 An | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 11,681 An | +26.2% |
| 2007 | 12,134 An | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 13,344 An | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 14,065 An | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 14,799 An | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 15,534 An | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 16,840 An | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 16,144 An | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 16,024 An | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 15,920 An | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 15,829 An | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 15,740 An | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 16,180 An | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 16,681 An | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 17,555 An | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 18,540 An | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 20,050 An | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 20,001 An | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 16,327 An | -18.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,139 An | 19,800 An | 25,100 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,730 An | 25,500 An | 31,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,160 An | 21,200 An | 30,700 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,069 An | 23,901 An | 35,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,440 An | 8,300 An | 25,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,969 An | 14,799 An | 16,840 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,495 An | 16,327 An | 20,050 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Puerto Rico?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Puerto Rico was 16,327 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 35,000 An in 1992.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,300 An in 2004.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Puerto Rico ranks 169th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.