Sheep — Stocks by country
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...
What the numbers show
Sheep — Stocks is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 182.94 million An in China; the lowest is 23 An in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 699,330 An, and the mean is 9.61 million An.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 258.9%), and the largest decrease in Martinique (down 65.7%).
Sheep — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 182.94 million An | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 182.94 million An | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 3 | USSR | 132.95 million An | 1991 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 53.82 million An | 2024 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 4 | India | 114.62 million An | 2024 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 102.91 million An | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 5 | Türkiye | 44.08 million An | 2024 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 6 | Australia | 79.33 million An | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.93 million An | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 7 | Sudan (former) | 52.64 million An | 2011 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.51 million An | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 52.14 million An | 2024 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.47 million An | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 9 | Chad | 45.17 million An | 2024 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 41.05 million An | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 920,510 An | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan | 40.71 million An | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 11 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 629,786 An | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 32.73 million An | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 423,608 An | 2024 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 13 | Algeria | 32.35 million An | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 164,779 An | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 31.02 million An | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 14 | Melanesia | 49,870 An | 2024 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Kenya | 26.21 million An | 2024 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 39,000 An | 2024 | down 43.5% | flat |
| 16 | Mongolia | 24.49 million An | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 16 | Polynesia | 441 An | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Mali | 24.48 million An | 2024 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 18 | New Zealand | 23.58 million An | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 19 | Ethiopia PDR | 23.20 million An | 1992 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 22.43 million An | 2024 | up 147.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | 21.86 million An | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 21.24 million An | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 21.03 million An | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 24 | Morocco | 19.89 million An | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 19.11 million An | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 18.55 million An | 2024 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 27 | Niger | 15.67 million An | 2024 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.64 million An | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 28 | Indonesia | 15.14 million An | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Caribbean | 2.03 million An | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 29 | South Sudan | 14.35 million An | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 19,701 An | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Turkmenistan | 14.27 million An | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 13.48 million An | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 12.45 million An | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 33 | Argentina | 12.44 million An | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 11.54 million An | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Peru | 11.28 million An | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritania | 11.21 million An | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 37 | Yemen | 10.80 million An | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 10.44 million An | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 39 | Mexico | 8.87 million An | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 40 | Senegal | 8.73 million An | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Somalia | 7.99 million An | 2024 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 7.77 million An | 2024 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 43 | Libya | 7.49 million An | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 44 | Yugoslav SFR | 7.43 million An | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 7.04 million An | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 46 | Iraq | 6.67 million An | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 47 | France | 6.61 million An | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 48 | Ghana | 6.18 million An | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Tunisia | 6.09 million An | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 5.65 million An | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 51 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.62 million An | 2024 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 52 | Italy | 5.39 million An | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 53 | Uganda | 4.37 million An | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 4.28 million An | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 55 | Guinea | 4.00 million An | 2024 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 3.90 million An | 2024 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Ireland | 3.59 million An | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 58 | Cameroon | 3.55 million An | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 59 | Jordan | 3.08 million An | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Benin | 2.65 million An | 2024 | up 201.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Eritrea | 2.51 million An | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 62 | Portugal | 2.14 million An | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 63 | Norway | 2.13 million An | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 2.05 million An | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Togo | 2.03 million An | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 66 | Egypt | 1.95 million An | 2024 | down 64.6% | rising |
| 67 | Namibia | 1.92 million An | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 68 | Lesotho | 1.91 million An | 2024 | up 42.1% | flat |
| 69 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.84 million An | 2005 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 70 | Serbia | 1.76 million An | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 1.75 million An | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 72 | Colombia | 1.69 million An | 2024 | up 132.8% | falling |
| 73 | Germany | 1.51 million An | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 74 | Cuba | 1.36 million An | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Albania | 1.18 million An | 2024 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 76 | Angola | 1.14 million An | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.10 million An | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 1.02 million An | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 934,780 An | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Madagascar | 925,907 An | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 81 | Czechoslovakia | 873,932 An | 1992 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 82 | Hungary | 846,800 An | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 83 | Canada | 822,000 An | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 84 | Qatar | 804,695 An | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Palestine | 782,060 An | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 746,277 An | 2024 | up 138.6% | falling |
| 87 | Kuwait | 737,547 An | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Georgia | 712,400 An | 2024 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 89 | Burundi | 708,094 An | 2024 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 90 | Armenia | 690,565 An | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 91 | Oman | 681,650 An | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Nepal | 633,222 An | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 611,329 An | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 94 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 607,000 An | 2024 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 95 | Croatia | 553,000 An | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 96 | Myanmar | 540,000 An | 2024 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 517,128 An | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Ukraine | 488,000 An | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 472,038 An | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 100 | Djibouti | 470,538 An | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 101 | Central African Republic | 452,132 An | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Ecuador | 448,382 An | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 103 | Malawi | 436,701 An | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Lebanon | 430,853 An | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 105 | Israel | 400,000 An | 2024 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 106 | Austria | 390,940 An | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 107 | Switzerland | 374,239 An | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 108 | Paraguay | 371,738 An | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 109 | Cyprus | 364,750 An | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 110 | Iceland | 345,440 An | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 111 | Zambia | 330,243 An | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Sweden | 315,790 An | 2024 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 113 | Haiti | 311,123 An | 2024 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 114 | Rwanda | 288,916 An | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Liberia | 281,696 An | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 116 | Slovakia | 276,464 An | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 269,538 An | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 261,952 An | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Mozambique | 229,764 An | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 221,154 An | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 121 | Gambia | 190,879 An | 2024 | up 258.9% | rising |
| 122 | Czechia | 180,368 An | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 123 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 158,000 An | 1999 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 124 | Botswana | 148,744 An | 2024 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 125 | Denmark | 147,980 An | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 126 | Montenegro | 144,916 An | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 127 | Malaysia | 139,393 An | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Guyana | 132,162 An | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 129 | Congo | 125,957 An | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 130 | Lithuania | 124,410 An | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Slovenia | 116,825 An | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 132 | Finland | 115,432 An | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 133 | Belgium | 110,120 An | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 134 | Faroe Islands | 79,941 An | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 135 | Belarus | 74,000 An | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Latvia | 69,640 An | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 137 | Bahrain | 63,000 An | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Estonia | 46,100 An | 2024 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 41,686 An | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 140 | Thailand | 41,664 An | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 39,547 An | 2024 | up 158.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Philippines | 30,000 An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 143 | Comoros | 26,249 An | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 144 | Eswatini | 18,522 An | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 17,820 An | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Honduras | 16,971 An | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 147 | Belize | 16,798 An | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15,471 An | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Japan | 15,151 An | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Malta | 14,560 An | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 151 | Martinique | 14,400 An | 2006 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 12,791 An | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 153 | Barbados | 12,718 An | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,993 An | 2024 | up 83.2% | falling |
| 155 | Grenada | 9,639 An | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 9,635 An | 2024 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 157 | Bhutan | 9,176 An | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 9,146 An | 2024 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 159 | Dominica | 8,516 An | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8,496 An | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 7,309 An | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 6,931 An | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 6,626 An | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 164 | Bahamas | 6,590 An | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 165 | El Salvador | 5,577 An | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 166 | Mauritius | 5,050 An | 2024 | up 85.5% | falling |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,473 An | 2024 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 168 | Brunei Darussalam | 4,356 An | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,386 An | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 170 | Costa Rica | 2,896 An | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 171 | Guadeloupe | 2,250 An | 2006 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 1,753 An | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 173 | French Guiana | 1,412 An | 2006 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 174 | Republic of Korea | 1,391 An | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Jamaica | 1,311 An | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Réunion | 1,024 An | 2006 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 441 An | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 178 | China, Taiwan Province of | 155 An | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 179 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 23 An | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.36 billion An
- Asia 624.93 million An
- Africa 438.68 million An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 284.36 million An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 417.42 million An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 357.61 million An
- Middle Africa 51.63 million An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 279.54 million An
- Southern Asia 218.19 million An
- Eastern Asia 207.61 million An
- Western Africa 143.15 million An
- Western Asia 119.44 million An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2.80 million An
- Europe 114.88 million An
- Eastern Africa 110.16 million An
- Northern Africa 108.49 million An
- Oceania 102.96 million An
- Americas 81.14 million An
- Central Asia 63.75 million An
- South America 63.73 million An
- European Union (27) 56.51 million An
- Northern Europe 37.98 million An
- Southern Europe 34.16 million An
- Eastern Europe 33.13 million An
- Southern Africa 25.24 million An
- South-Eastern Asia 15.93 million An
- Western Europe 9.61 million An
- Central America 9.53 million An
- Northern America 5.85 million An
- United States of America 5.03 million An
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.