Sheep — Stocks in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sheep — Stocks was 110.16 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 110.16 million An for sheep — stocks in 2024.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Eastern Africa peaked at 113.32 million An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 39.18 million An, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 13th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.27 million An | 39.18 million An | 42.98 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 43.23 million An | 42.07 million An | 45.13 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.52 million An | 46.07 million An | 54.85 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.41 million An | 39.60 million An | 52.18 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.15 million An | 42.11 million An | 65.93 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.48 million An | 66.12 million An | 111.32 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 108.07 million An | 103.42 million An | 113.32 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Eastern Africa?
- Sheep — stocks in Eastern Africa was 110.16 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 113.32 million An in 2020.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.18 million An in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sheep — stocks?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.