Sheep — Stocks in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Sheep — Stocks was 37.98 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep — stocks in Northern Europe stood at 37.98 million An.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Northern Europe peaked at 54.56 million An in 1992 and was at its lowest, 25.80 million An, in 1977.
Northern Europe ranks 18th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.68 million An | 32.92 million An | 37.09 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 31.37 million An | 25.80 million An | 34.57 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.31 million An | 27.38 million An | 51.42 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.33 million An | 51.66 million An | 54.56 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.59 million An | 40.01 million An | 53.45 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.91 million An | 39.74 million An | 44.25 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.73 million An | 37.98 million An | 40.78 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 15 Kenya 26.21 million An compare
- 16 Mongolia 24.49 million An compare
- 17 Mali 24.48 million An compare
- 18 New Zealand 23.58 million An compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 23.20 million An compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 22.43 million An compare
- 21 Brazil 21.86 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Europe
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1,706 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 0 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 3.28 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 21.92 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 179,846 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 0 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 0 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 35.79 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 105,418 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Northern Europe?
- Sheep — stocks in Northern Europe was 37.98 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 54.56 million An in 1992.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.80 million An in 1977.
- How does Northern Europe rank for sheep — stocks?
- Northern Europe ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.