Sheep — Stocks in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sheep — Stocks was 34.16 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Stocks in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 34.16 million An for sheep — stocks in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Southern Europe peaked at 57.62 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 34.16 million An, in 2024.
Southern Europe ranks 17th 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 | 53.30 million An | 50.72 million An | 57.62 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 46.13 million An | 44.48 million An | 49.23 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.60 million An | 44.87 million An | 55.65 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.71 million An | 52.24 million An | 56.05 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.98 million An | 45.18 million An | 53.86 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.68 million An | 39.19 million An | 43.78 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.42 million An | 34.16 million An | 38.35 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 103,293 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 452,640 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 10,020 ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 16.92 million An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 20,730 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 512,270 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 22.87 million An (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production 53.97 million t (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Yield 4,482 kg/ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 12.04 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Southern Europe?
- Sheep — stocks in Southern Europe was 34.16 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 57.62 million An in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.16 million An in 2024.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sheep — stocks?
- Southern Europe ranks 17th out of 35 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.