Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 584.97 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 584.97 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Southern Asia peaked at 584.97 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 199.61 million An, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 199.61 million An | — |
| 1962 | 204.33 million An | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 203.34 million An | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 206.43 million An | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 208.83 million An | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 209.97 million An | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 212.66 million An | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 215.18 million An | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 214.83 million An | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 216.31 million An | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 217.51 million An | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 209.62 million An | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 218.11 million An | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 226.91 million An | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 234.77 million An | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 244.04 million An | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 251.43 million An | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 262.92 million An | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 271.79 million An | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 267.39 million An | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 275.71 million An | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 284.98 million An | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 289.98 million An | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 296.76 million An | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 300.83 million An | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 303.94 million An | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 313.16 million An | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 320.42 million An | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 332.78 million An | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 338.64 million An | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 344.65 million An | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 355.70 million An | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 363.51 million An | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 371.89 million An | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 380.48 million An | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 379.54 million An | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 388.08 million An | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 393.12 million An | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 396.98 million An | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 394.92 million An | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 392.14 million An | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 387.99 million An | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 390.02 million An | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 398.66 million An | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 406.77 million An | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 410.73 million An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 418.27 million An | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 416.71 million An | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 416.00 million An | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 418.12 million An | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 419.71 million An | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 419.12 million An | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 428.21 million An | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 419.07 million An | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 433.32 million An | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 437.74 million An | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 439.60 million An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 444.54 million An | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 450.64 million An | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 476.85 million An | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 501.00 million An | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 528.74 million An | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 557.42 million An | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 584.97 million An | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 208.35 million An | 199.61 million An | 215.18 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 235.34 million An | 209.62 million An | 271.79 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 298.59 million An | 267.39 million An | 332.78 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 371.26 million An | 338.64 million An | 396.98 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 403.22 million An | 387.99 million An | 418.27 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 431.01 million An | 418.12 million An | 450.64 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 529.80 million An | 476.85 million An | 584.97 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1606 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.0964 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Southern Asia?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Southern Asia was 584.97 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 584.97 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 199.61 million An in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Southern Asia ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.