Sheep — Stocks in Bhutan
Bhutan: Sheep — Stocks was 9,176 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep — Stocks in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 9,176 An for sheep — stocks in 2024.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Bhutan peaked at 48,044 An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 8,500 An, in 1961.
Bhutan ranks 169th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,906 An | 8,500 An | 9,100 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,435 An | 9,200 An | 9,800 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,981 An | 10,000 An | 48,044 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,801 An | 24,840 An | 43,698 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,103 An | 12,296 An | 24,515 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,209 An | 9,917 An | 12,699 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,020 An | 9,176 An | 10,793 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,993 An compare
- 167 Grenada 9,639 An compare
- 168 Luxembourg 9,635 An compare
- 170 Saint Lucia 9,146 An compare
- 171 Dominica 8,516 An compare
- 172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8,496 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture share gdp 13.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 13.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 56.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 450,682 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 489.68 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2,050 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Bhutan?
- Sheep — stocks in Bhutan was 9,176 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 48,044 An in 1989.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,500 An in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for sheep — stocks?
- Bhutan ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.