Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Spain
Spain: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 15.84 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Spain, 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 Spain is 15.84 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Spain peaked at 27.86 million An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 15.84 million An, in 2024.
That places Spain 41st out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Spain, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25.92 million An | — |
| 1962 | 24.31 million An | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 22.70 million An | -6.6% |
| 1964 | 22.20 million An | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 22.71 million An | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 21.09 million An | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 21.37 million An | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 21.27 million An | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 21.72 million An | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 21.30 million An | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 21.08 million An | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 20.38 million An | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 19.65 million An | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 18.51 million An | -5.8% |
| 1975 | 18.65 million An | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 18.08 million An | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 17.82 million An | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 17.58 million An | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 16.82 million An | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 16.65 million An | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 17.06 million An | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 19.66 million An | +15.2% |
| 1983 | 20.06 million An | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 20.13 million An | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 20.16 million An | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 20.82 million An | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 20.49 million An | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 25.88 million An | +26.3% |
| 1989 | 26.71 million An | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 26.52 million An | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 27.70 million An | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 27.60 million An | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 27.45 million An | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 26.82 million An | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 26.21 million An | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 23.93 million An | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 26.92 million An | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 27.86 million An | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 26.97 million An | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 26.59 million An | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 27.28 million An | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 26.86 million An | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 26.65 million An | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 25.74 million An | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 25.65 million An | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 25.41 million An | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 25.09 million An | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 22.91 million An | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 22.65 million An | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 21.46 million An | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 19.70 million An | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 18.98 million An | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 18.73 million An | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 18.14 million An | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 19.53 million An | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 19.05 million An | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 19.02 million An | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 18.62 million An | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 18.14 million An | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 18.09 million An | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 17.67 million An | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 16.92 million An | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 15.89 million An | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 15.84 million An | -0.3% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 15.84 million An is above the median for high income countries, which is 330,410 An, 47.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Spain's 15.84 million An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 735,876 An, 21.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +26.3% | 20.49 million An | 25.88 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.59 million An | 21.09 million An | 25.92 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 18.99 million An | 16.82 million An | 21.30 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.76 million An | 16.65 million An | 26.71 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.80 million An | 23.93 million An | 27.86 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.48 million An | 22.65 million An | 27.28 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.14 million An | 18.14 million An | 21.46 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.88 million An | 15.84 million An | 18.09 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Spain?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Spain was 15.84 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 27.86 million An in 1998.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.84 million An in 2024.
- How does Spain rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Spain ranks 41st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.