Sheep — Stocks in Mauritius
Mauritius: Sheep — Stocks was 5,050 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Stocks in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep — stocks in Mauritius is 5,050 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 85.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Mauritius peaked at 13,500 An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,548 An, in 2008.
Mauritius ranks 178th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,167 An | 5,000 An | 13,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,480 An | 4,200 An | 9,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,800 An | 6,500 An | 12,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,200 An | 7,000 An | 13,500 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,826 An | 1,548 An | 11,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,836 An | 1,931 An | 4,622 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,965 An | 4,367 An | 5,750 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 175 Suriname 6,626 An compare
- 176 Bahamas 6,590 An compare
- 177 El Salvador 5,577 An compare
- 179 Antigua and Barbuda 4,473 An compare
- 180 Brunei Darussalam 4,356 An compare
- 181 Sao Tome and Principe 3,386 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture share gdp 4.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Rural population 61.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 758,222 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 745.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 10,843 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Mauritius?
- Sheep — stocks in Mauritius was 5,050 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 13,500 An in 1999.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,548 An in 2008.
- How does Mauritius rank for sheep — stocks?
- Mauritius ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.