Sheep — Stocks in Australia
Australia: Sheep — Stocks was 79.33 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Stocks in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep — stocks in Australia stood at 79.33 million An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Australia peaked at 180.08 million An in 1970 and was at its lowest, 63.53 million An, in 2020.
Australia ranks 6th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163.10 million An | 152.68 million An | 174.60 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 150.73 million An | 131.44 million An | 180.08 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 144.06 million An | 133.24 million An | 161.60 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 134.76 million An | 115.46 million An | 170.30 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 96.37 million An | 72.74 million An | 118.55 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.05 million An | 65.76 million An | 75.55 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.64 million An | 63.53 million An | 79.33 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 3 USSR 132.95 million An compare
- 4 India 114.62 million An compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 102.91 million An compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 53.82 million An compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 52.64 million An compare
- 9 Nigeria 52.14 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Australia?
- Sheep — stocks in Australia was 79.33 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 180.08 million An in 1970.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.53 million An in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for sheep — stocks?
- Australia ranks 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep — 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.