Sheep — Stocks in Malta
Malta: Sheep — Stocks was 14,560 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep — stocks in Malta stood at 14,560 An.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Malta peaked at 16,000 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,037 An, in 1982.
Malta ranks 162nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,432 An | 8,820 An | 11,603 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,983 An | 5,109 An | 8,401 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,092 An | 4,037 An | 5,940 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,000 An | 16,000 An | 16,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,380 An | 8,945 An | 14,861 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,809 An | 10,526 An | 13,170 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,780 An | 12,730 An | 14,560 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 159 Belize 16,798 An compare
- 160 Trinidad and Tobago 15,471 An compare
- 161 Japan 15,151 An compare
- 163 Martinique 14,400 An compare
- 164 Puerto Rico 12,791 An compare
- 165 Barbados 12,718 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture share gdp 0.4691 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.4691 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
- Rural population 4.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 25,040 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 130.29 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Malta?
- Sheep — stocks in Malta was 14,560 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 16,000 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,037 An in 1982.
- How does Malta rank for sheep — stocks?
- Malta ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.