Sheep — Stocks in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Sheep — Stocks was 12,791 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 12,791 An for sheep — stocks in 2024.
That represents a change of down 22.2% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Puerto Rico peaked at 16,604 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,800 An, in 1961.
Puerto Rico ranks 152nd of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep — Stocks in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,800 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,850 An | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 3,900 An | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 3,950 An | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 4,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 4,050 An | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 4,100 An | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 4,300 An | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 4,500 An | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 4,700 An | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 5,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 5,200 An | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 5,400 An | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 5,500 An | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 5,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,600 An | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 5,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,700 An | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 5,900 An | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 5,900 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,100 An | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 6,000 An | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 6,200 An | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 6,500 An | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 6,800 An | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 7,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 7,200 An | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 7,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 12,000 An | +66.7% |
| 1992 | 12,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 12,495 An | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 13,500 An | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 15,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 15,500 An | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 16,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 16,360 An | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 16,000 An | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 16,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,701 An | -64.4% |
| 2004 | 5,369 An | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 6,122 An | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 7,709 An | +25.9% |
| 2007 | 8,183 An | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 8,875 An | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 9,462 An | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 10,066 An | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 10,676 An | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 11,185 An | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 11,432 An | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 11,606 An | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 11,773 An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 11,939 An | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 12,112 An | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 12,539 An | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 13,115 An | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 13,943 An | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 14,934 An | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 16,604 An | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 16,446 An | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 12,791 An | -22.2% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 12,791 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 345,440 An, 4% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 12,791 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16,798 An, 76% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep — Stocks in Puerto Rico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -64.4% | 16,000 An | 5,701 An |
| 1991 | +66.7% | 7,200 An | 12,000 An |
| 2006 | +25.9% | 6,122 An | 7,709 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,050 An | 3,800 An | 4,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,370 An | 4,700 An | 5,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,330 An | 5,700 An | 7,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,606 An | 7,200 An | 16,360 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,942 An | 5,369 An | 16,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,644 An | 10,066 An | 13,115 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,944 An | 12,791 An | 16,604 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Puerto Rico?
- Sheep — stocks in Puerto Rico was 12,791 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 16,604 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,800 An in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for sheep — stocks?
- Puerto Rico ranks 152nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.