Sheep — Stocks in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Sheep — Stocks was 79,941 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Faroe Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep — stocks in Faroe Islands stood at 79,941 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Faroe Islands peaked at 79,941 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 64,328 An, in 1982.
That places Faroe Islands 143rd out of 191 countries 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 | 68,582 An | 65,799 An | 70,451 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 68,775 An | 65,349 An | 71,207 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,538 An | 64,328 An | 67,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,878 An | 67,000 An | 68,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,060 An | 68,000 An | 68,100 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,303 An | 68,000 An | 76,776 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,674 An | 77,768 An | 79,941 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.07 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.07 (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value 6,675 1000 Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Faroe Islands?
- Sheep — stocks in Faroe Islands was 79,941 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 79,941 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,328 An in 1982.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for sheep — stocks?
- Faroe Islands ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.