Sheep — Stocks in South America
South America: Sheep — Stocks was 63.73 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Stocks in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep — stocks in South America is 63.73 million An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in South America peaked at 119.89 million An in 1966 and was at its lowest, 63.18 million An, in 2018.
South America ranks 13th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117.89 million An | 115.34 million An | 119.89 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 103.93 million An | 99.04 million An | 114.82 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 101.84 million An | 96.61 million An | 104.63 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.01 million An | 74.02 million An | 102.01 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.14 million An | 67.37 million An | 73.08 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.95 million An | 63.18 million An | 70.32 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.42 million An | 63.73 million An | 65.53 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 10 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 41.05 million An compare
- 11 Sudan 40.71 million An compare
- 12 Pakistan 32.73 million An compare
- 13 Algeria 32.35 million An compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.02 million An compare
- 15 Kenya 26.21 million An compare
- 16 Mongolia 24.49 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 47.83 million t (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 68.28 million An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production 16.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in South America?
- Sheep — stocks in South America was 63.73 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 119.89 million An in 1966.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.18 million An in 2018.
- How does South America rank for sheep — stocks?
- South America ranks 13th out of 35 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South 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
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.