Sheep — Stocks in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sheep — Stocks was 6,931 An in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 6,931 An for sheep — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Nicaragua peaked at 6,931 An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,120 An, in 1961.
Nicaragua ranks 174th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,219 An | 1,120 An | 1,400 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,035 An | 1,450 An | 2,800 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,135 An | 2,700 An | 3,600 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,410 An | 3,700 An | 5,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,760 An | 5,100 An | 6,300 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,467 An | 6,300 An | 6,673 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,853 An | 6,744 An | 6,931 An | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 171 Dominica 8,516 An compare
- 172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8,496 An compare
- 173 Papua New Guinea 7,309 An compare
- 175 Suriname 6,626 An compare
- 176 Bahamas 6,590 An compare
- 177 El Salvador 5,577 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.84 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 90,616 t (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Nicaragua?
- Sheep — stocks in Nicaragua was 6,931 An in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 6,931 An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,120 An in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sheep — stocks?
- Nicaragua ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.