Sheep — Stocks in Northern America

Northern America: Sheep — Stocks was 5.85 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
5.85 million An
Change on year
down 2.1%
Rank
9th
of 10 groups
All-time high
33.48 million An
in 1961
All-time low
5.85 million An
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep — Stocks in Northern America, 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

In 2024, sheep — stocks in Northern America stood at 5.85 million An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Northern America peaked at 33.48 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 5.85 million An, in 2024.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 26.93 million An 21.74 million An 33.48 million An 9
1970s 16.31 million An 12.79 million An 20.95 million An 10
1980s 12.07 million An 10.63 million An 13.57 million An 10
1990s 10.03 million An 7.93 million An 11.95 million An 10
2000s 7.24 million An 6.59 million An 7.91 million An 10
2010s 6.19 million An 6.06 million An 6.48 million An 10
2020s 5.97 million An 5.85 million An 6.01 million An 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 6 Australia 79.33 million An compare
  2. 7 Sudan (former) 52.64 million An compare
  3. 8 Nigeria 52.14 million An compare
  4. 9 Chad 45.17 million An compare
  5. 10 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 41.05 million An compare
  6. 11 Sudan 40.71 million An compare
  7. 12 Pakistan 32.73 million An compare

See the full ranking of 224 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — stocks in Northern America?
Sheep — stocks in Northern America was 5.85 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 33.48 million An in 1961.
What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 5.85 million An in 2024.
How does Northern America rank for sheep — stocks?
Northern America ranks 9th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Northern America 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

Indicator
Sheep — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 12,958 data points, 1961–2024
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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.