Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita by country
Sheep and Goats — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
165
Highest
13.45 An per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 An per person
Tuvalu
Median
0.1998 An per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,624
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 13.45 An per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 An per person in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1998 An per person, and the mean is 0.5363 An per person.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 92.1%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 13.45 An per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 2 | Chad | 4.52 An per person | 2024 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4.47 An per person | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 4 | Mauritania | 3.55 An per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 5 | Australia | 3.12 An per person | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 6 | Turkmenistan | 2.54 An per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 7 | South Sudan | 2.51 An per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 8 | Mali | 2.38 An per person | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 1.68 An per person | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 10 | Faroe Islands | 1.46 An per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 11 | Sudan | 1.44 An per person | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 12 | Niger | 1.39 An per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 13 | Libya | 1.38 An per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 14 | Eritrea | 1.26 An per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 1.25 An per person | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Namibia | 1.22 An per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Kenya | 1.15 An per person | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 18 | Lesotho | 1.12 An per person | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 19 | Somalia | 1.01 An per person | 2024 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 20 | Greece | 0.9948 An per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 0.9821 An per person | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 0.9504 An per person | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 0.9496 An per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 24 | Iceland | 0.8986 An per person | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8696 An per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 0.8551 An per person | 2024 | up 91.8% | falling |
| 27 | Djibouti | 0.8476 An per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Senegal | 0.8456 An per person | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 29 | Algeria | 0.7995 An per person | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 30 | Albania | 0.7537 An per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 0.7304 An per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 0.7196 An per person | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 0.6772 An per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 0.6723 An per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 35 | Ireland | 0.667 An per person | 2024 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 36 | Malawi | 0.657 An per person | 2024 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Romania | 0.623 An per person | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 38 | Oman | 0.62 An per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 39 | Nigeria | 0.615 An per person | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 0.6146 An per person | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 41 | Guinea | 0.5981 An per person | 2024 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5919 An per person | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 43 | Tunisia | 0.5885 An per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 44 | Botswana | 0.5373 An per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 45 | Nepal | 0.537 An per person | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 46 | Yemen | 0.5216 An per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 0.484 An per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 48 | Pakistan | 0.4766 An per person | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 49 | Ghana | 0.4577 An per person | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 50 | Benin | 0.4485 An per person | 2024 | up 87.9% | falling |
| 51 | Eswatini | 0.4425 An per person | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0.4368 An per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 53 | Uganda | 0.4354 An per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 54 | Qatar | 0.4116 An per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 55 | South Africa | 0.4115 An per person | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.408 An per person | 2024 | up 92.1% | falling |
| 57 | Norway | 0.3955 An per person | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3903 An per person | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 59 | Peru | 0.3807 An per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Burundi | 0.3724 An per person | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3669 An per person | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 0.3625 An per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Cameroon | 0.3497 An per person | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 64 | Fiji | 0.349 An per person | 2024 | up 19.8% | flat |
| 65 | Jordan | 0.3424 An per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 0.3385 An per person | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 0.3371 An per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 68 | Spain | 0.3242 An per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 69 | Grenada | 0.2994 An per person | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 70 | Zambia | 0.2975 An per person | 2024 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Serbia | 0.2852 An per person | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 72 | Montenegro | 0.2754 An per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 73 | Dominica | 0.2752 An per person | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 74 | Guyana | 0.2583 An per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 75 | Armenia | 0.2341 An per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 76 | Portugal | 0.2301 An per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 77 | India | 0.2242 An per person | 2024 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 78 | China | 0.2134 An per person | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 79 | Jamaica | 0.2128 An per person | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 80 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2077 An per person | 2024 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 81 | Palestine, State of | 0.2045 An per person | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 0.2016 An per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 83 | Georgia | 0.1998 An per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 84 | Gambia | 0.1962 An per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 85 | Kuwait | 0.1957 An per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1884 An per person | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 87 | Cuba | 0.1844 An per person | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Haiti | 0.1833 An per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 0.1811 An per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 0.1787 An per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 91 | Iraq | 0.1743 An per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Comoros | 0.1702 An per person | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 93 | Brazil | 0.1658 An per person | 2024 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 94 | Croatia | 0.1606 An per person | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 95 | Angola | 0.1428 An per person | 2024 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 96 | Tonga | 0.1423 An per person | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 97 | Mexico | 0.1351 An per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 98 | Lebanon | 0.1344 An per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 99 | Rwanda | 0.1342 An per person | 2024 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 100 | Gabon | 0.1333 An per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 0.1332 An per person | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 102 | Mozambique | 0.1251 An per person | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Indonesia | 0.1199 An per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 104 | France | 0.1159 An per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 105 | Liberia | 0.1103 An per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 106 | Chile | 0.1097 An per person | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Italy | 0.1069 An per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 0.0918 An per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 109 | Madagascar | 0.0834 An per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 110 | Bhutan | 0.0821 An per person | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 111 | Congo | 0.0713 An per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 112 | Paraguay | 0.0705 An per person | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 0.0667 An per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 114 | Barbados | 0.065 An per person | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 115 | French Polynesia | 0.0572 An per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 116 | Slovakia | 0.0558 An per person | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 117 | Bahrain | 0.0551 An per person | 2024 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 118 | Bahamas | 0.0541 An per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Austria | 0.053 An per person | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 120 | Colombia | 0.053 An per person | 2024 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 121 | Myanmar | 0.0521 An per person | 2024 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Switzerland | 0.0512 An per person | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 123 | Israel | 0.0509 An per person | 2024 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 124 | Seychelles | 0.0482 An per person | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 125 | Lithuania | 0.0477 An per person | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Latvia | 0.0422 An per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 127 | Belize | 0.0407 An per person | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0407 An per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 0.0406 An per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 130 | Guatemala | 0.0395 An per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Malta | 0.0373 An per person | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 132 | Estonia | 0.0359 An per person | 2024 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 133 | Philippines | 0.0333 An per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 134 | Vanuatu | 0.0329 An per person | 2024 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 135 | Sweden | 0.031 An per person | 2024 | down 48.9% | rising |
| 136 | Denmark | 0.0278 An per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0273 An per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 138 | Egypt | 0.0265 An per person | 2024 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 139 | Ecuador | 0.0262 An per person | 2024 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Ukraine | 0.0239 An per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritius | 0.0225 An per person | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 142 | Finland | 0.0215 An per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 0.0208 An per person | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 144 | Canada | 0.0206 An per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0206 An per person | 2024 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 146 | Germany | 0.0201 An per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 147 | Czechia | 0.0191 An per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 148 | Suriname | 0.0174 An per person | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 149 | Sri Lanka | 0.0168 An per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 150 | Belgium | 0.0159 An per person | 2022 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 151 | Costa Rica | 0.0158 An per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Malaysia | 0.0136 An per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 153 | Belarus | 0.0134 An per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 0.0113 An per person | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Poland | 0.0091 An per person | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Thailand | 0.0073 An per person | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 0.0051 An per person | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 158 | Honduras | 0.0038 An per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 159 | El Salvador | 0.003 An per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 0.0022 An per person | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 161 | Panama | 0.002 An per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 0.001 An per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 163 | Japan | 0.0003 An per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Singapore | 0.0001 An per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 0 An per person | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.3132 An per person
How this figure is calculated
Sheep and Goats — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sheep and Goats — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.