Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Spain

Spain: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 15.84 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
15.84 million An
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
44th
of 202 countries
All-time high
27.86 million An
in 1998
All-time low
15.84 million An
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Spain, 1961–2024

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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 44th out of 202 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 41 Mexico 17.67 million An compare
  2. 42 Argentina 16.56 million An compare
  3. 43 Nepal 15.92 million An compare
  4. 45 Ghana 15.76 million An compare
  5. 46 Senegal 15.64 million An compare
  6. 47 Malawi 14.23 million An compare

See the full ranking of 235 places →

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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 44th out of 202 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

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,597 data points, 1961–2024
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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.