Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 369,270 An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
369,270 An
Change on year
up 1.6%
World rank
124th
of 186 countries
All-time high
634,602 An
in 1965
All-time low
275,050 An
in 2016
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 369,270 An for sheep and goats — stocks in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Sri Lanka peaked at 634,602 An in 1965 and was at its lowest, 275,050 An, in 2016.

That places Sri Lanka 124th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 585,634 An 503,175 An 634,602 An 9
1970s 559,885 An 472,539 An 591,859 An 10
1980s 550,880 An 520,600 An 612,700 An 10
1990s 550,322 An 480,300 An 610,100 An 10
2000s 418,996 An 360,382 An 506,400 An 10
2010s 334,912 An 275,050 An 392,620 An 10
2020s 366,032 An 345,720 An 377,990 An 5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 121 Dominican Republic 463,424 An compare
  2. 122 Switzerland 461,035 An compare
  3. 123 Congo 451,441 An compare
  4. 125 Iceland 347,328 An compare
  5. 126 Gabon 338,541 An compare
  6. 127 Poland 333,030 An compare

See the full ranking of 235 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goats — stocks in Sri Lanka?
Sheep and goats — stocks in Sri Lanka was 369,270 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 634,602 An in 1965.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 275,050 An in 2016.
How does Sri Lanka rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
Sri Lanka ranks 124th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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.