Sheep — Stocks in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Sheep — Stocks was 218.19 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
218.19 million An
Change on year
up 3.9%
Rank
8th
of 33 regions
All-time high
218.19 million An
in 2024
All-time low
96.44 million An
in 1972
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep — Stocks in Southern Asia, 1961–2024

050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, sheep — stocks in Southern Asia stood at 218.19 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Southern Asia peaked at 218.19 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 96.44 million An, in 1972.

That places Southern Asia 8th out of 33 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 104.40 million An 101.39 million An 108.01 million An 9
1970s 109.37 million An 96.44 million An 123.19 million An 10
1980s 126.02 million An 120.97 million An 133.73 million An 10
1990s 146.22 million An 134.98 million An 156.32 million An 10
2000s 156.34 million An 148.32 million An 162.25 million An 10
2010s 159.62 million An 147.73 million An 163.78 million An 10
2020s 200.95 million An 181.00 million An 218.19 million An 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 5 Australia and New Zealand 102.91 million An compare
  2. 6 Australia 79.33 million An compare
  3. 8 Sudan (former) 52.64 million An compare
  4. 9 Nigeria 52.14 million An compare
  5. 10 Chad 45.17 million An compare

See the full ranking of 224 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — stocks in Southern Asia?
Sheep — stocks in Southern Asia was 218.19 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 218.19 million An in 2024.
What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 96.44 million An in 1972.
How does Southern Asia rank for sheep — stocks?
Southern Asia ranks 8th out of 33 regions with data for 2024.
Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Asia 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.