Sheep and Goats — Stocks in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 4.29 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in United Arab Emirates, 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 United Arab Emirates is 4.29 million An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in United Arab Emirates peaked at 4.54 million An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 177,000 An, in 1961.
United Arab Emirates ranks 69th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 177,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 184,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 191,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 198,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 205,000 An | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 213,000 An | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 240,000 An | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 278,000 An | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 315,000 An | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 355,000 An | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 383,000 An | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 412,000 An | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 420,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 426,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 350,000 An | -17.8% |
| 1976 | 273,500 An | -21.9% |
| 1977 | 345,489 An | +26.3% |
| 1978 | 430,782 An | +24.7% |
| 1979 | 445,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 473,859 An | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 495,398 An | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 520,600 An | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 567,000 An | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 606,886 An | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 649,368 An | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 694,823 An | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 743,461 An | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 795,504 An | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 851,190 An | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 910,774 An | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 974,529 An | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 1.04 million An | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 1.12 million An | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 1.19 million An | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 1.28 million An | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 1.37 million An | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 1.46 million An | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 1.56 million An | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 1.67 million An | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 1.77 million An | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 1.88 million An | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 1.98 million An | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 2.08 million An | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 2.09 million An | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 2.60 million An | +24.6% |
| 2006 | 2.74 million An | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 2.88 million An | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 3.03 million An | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 3.42 million An | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 3.23 million An | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 3.29 million An | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 3.42 million An | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 3.93 million An | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 4.26 million An | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 4.36 million An | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 4.37 million An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 4.46 million An | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 4.54 million An | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 4.39 million An | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 4.45 million An | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 4.36 million An | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 4.31 million An | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 4.25 million An | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 4.29 million An | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 222,333 An | 177,000 An | 315,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 384,077 An | 273,500 An | 445,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 639,809 An | 473,859 An | 851,190 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.26 million An | 910,774 An | 1.67 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.45 million An | 1.77 million An | 3.42 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.03 million An | 3.23 million An | 4.54 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.33 million An | 4.25 million An | 4.45 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7694 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7694 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in United Arab Emirates?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in United Arab Emirates was 4.29 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 4.54 million An in 2018.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 177,000 An in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 69th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.