Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 10,769 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 10,769 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 74.3% on the previous year and down 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Vanuatu peaked at 18,456 An in 2006 and was at its lowest, 6,178 An, in 2023.
That places Vanuatu 189th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,663 An | 8,100 An | 9,270 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,049 An | 9,400 An | 10,700 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,330 An | 10,100 An | 13,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,770 An | 10,700 An | 12,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,626 An | 12,000 An | 18,456 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,187 An | 13,017 An | 17,486 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,073 An | 6,178 An | 11,098 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 186 Tonga 14,826 An compare
- 187 Luxembourg 14,057 An compare
- 188 Suriname 11,008 An compare
- 190 Papua New Guinea 10,459 An compare
- 191 Sao Tome and Principe 9,588 An compare
- 192 Panama 8,998 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture share gdp 26.63 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.63 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
- Rural population 77.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 260,353 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 345.61 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 17,871 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Vanuatu?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Vanuatu was 10,769 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 18,456 An in 2006.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,178 An in 2023.
- How does Vanuatu rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Vanuatu ranks 189th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.