Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Sweden

Sweden: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 327,790 An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
327,790 An
Change on year
down 6.5%
World rank
128th
of 185 countries
All-time high
622,711 An
in 2011
All-time low
169,450 An
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Sweden, 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 Sweden is 327,790 An, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 44.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Sweden peaked at 622,711 An in 2011 and was at its lowest, 169,450 An, in 1962.

That places Sweden 128th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 239,661 An 169,450 An 342,405 An 9
1970s 363,456 An 330,396 An 389,830 An 10
1980s 412,575 An 391,629 An 438,444 An 10
1990s 445,792 An 405,595 An 484,000 An 10
2000s 477,511 An 426,771 An 540,487 An 10
2010s 572,422 An 383,230 An 622,711 An 10
2020s 354,338 An 327,790 An 379,740 An 5

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 125 Iceland 347,328 An compare
  2. 126 Gabon 338,541 An compare
  3. 127 Poland 333,030 An compare
  4. 129 Fiji 324,138 An compare
  5. 130 Republic of Korea 318,224 An compare
  6. 131 Slovak Republic 302,614 An compare

See the full ranking of 235 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goats — stocks in Sweden?
Sheep and goats — stocks in Sweden was 327,790 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 622,711 An in 2011.
What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 169,450 An in 1962.
How does Sweden rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
Sweden ranks 128th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is down 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sweden 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.