Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 5.67 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 5.67 million An for sheep and goats — stocks in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Uruguay peaked at 26.62 million An in 1991 and was at its lowest, 5.67 million An, in 2024.
Uruguay ranks 67th of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.98 million An | 21.42 million An | 23.10 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.39 million An | 14.74 million An | 19.91 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.00 million An | 20.05 million An | 24.89 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.08 million An | 14.51 million An | 26.62 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.65 million An | 8.68 million An | 13.21 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.19 million An | 6.42 million An | 8.24 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.08 million An | 5.67 million An | 6.36 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture share gdp 6.38 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.38 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 4.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 147,108 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,350 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Uruguay?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Uruguay was 5.67 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 26.62 million An in 1991.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.67 million An in 2024.
- How does Uruguay rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Uruguay ranks 67th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.