Sheep — Stocks in Europe
Europe: Sheep — Stocks was 114.88 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Stocks in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Europe recorded 114.88 million An for sheep — stocks in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Europe peaked at 297.77 million An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 114.88 million An, in 2024.
Europe ranks 12th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 266.75 million An | 257.86 million An | 271.84 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 263.10 million An | 256.02 million An | 269.84 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 281.14 million An | 266.22 million An | 297.77 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 200.18 million An | 151.53 million An | 295.24 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 137.41 million An | 131.58 million An | 148.94 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 129.43 million An | 126.69 million An | 132.31 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.75 million An | 114.88 million An | 123.89 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 69.42 million An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 77.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Europe?
- Sheep — stocks in Europe was 114.88 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 297.77 million An in 1989.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 114.88 million An in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for sheep — stocks?
- Europe ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.