Sheep — Stocks in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sheep — Stocks was 51.63 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep — Stocks in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep — stocks in Middle Africa stood at 51.63 million An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 65.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Middle Africa peaked at 55.14 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.41 million An, in 1976.
Middle Africa ranks 20th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.65 million An | 4.44 million An | 5.11 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.13 million An | 4.41 million An | 5.66 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.43 million An | 5.23 million An | 8.38 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.83 million An | 9.03 million An | 13.29 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.20 million An | 14.01 million An | 23.11 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.26 million An | 24.43 million An | 42.03 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.26 million An | 44.90 million An | 55.14 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 17 Kenya 26.21 million An compare
- 18 Mongolia 24.49 million An compare
- 19 Mali 24.48 million An compare
- 20 New Zealand 23.58 million An compare
- 21 Ethiopia PDR 23.20 million An compare
- 22 Saudi Arabia 22.43 million An compare
- 23 Brazil 21.86 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 7.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Middle Africa?
- Sheep — stocks in Middle Africa was 51.63 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 55.14 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.41 million An in 1976.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sheep — stocks?
- Middle Africa ranks 20th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle 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.