Sheep — Stocks in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sheep — Stocks was 182.94 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep — stocks in China, mainland stood at 182.94 million An.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in China, mainland peaked at 194.03 million An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 60.75 million An, in 1962.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.36 million An | 60.75 million An | 82.33 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 90.65 million An | 79.71 million An | 96.40 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 102.37 million An | 94.21 million An | 109.47 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 116.34 million An | 109.72 million An | 127.35 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 140.44 million An | 130.03 million An | 152.31 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 156.03 million An | 145.35 million An | 166.67 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 185.88 million An | 173.09 million An | 194.03 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in China, mainland?
- Sheep — stocks in China, mainland was 182.94 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 194.03 million An in 2022.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.75 million An in 1962.
- How does China, mainland rank for sheep — stocks?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.