Sheep — Stocks in Sweden
Sweden: Sheep — Stocks was 315,790 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 315,790 An for sheep — stocks in 2024.
The figure is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Sweden peaked at 622,711 An in 2011 and was at its lowest, 169,450 An, in 1962.
Sweden ranks 120th of 191 countries 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 | 239,661 An | 169,450 An | 342,405 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 363,456 An | 330,396 An | 389,830 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 412,575 An | 391,629 An | 438,444 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 445,792 An | 405,595 An | 484,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 477,511 An | 426,771 An | 540,487 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 570,102 An | 371,230 An | 622,711 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 342,338 An | 315,790 An | 367,740 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More agriculture & rural data for Sweden
- Agriculture share gdp 1.5 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.5 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 10.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 1.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Sweden?
- Sheep — stocks in Sweden was 315,790 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 622,711 An in 2011.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 169,450 An in 1962.
- How does Sweden rank for sheep — stocks?
- Sweden ranks 120th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.