Sheep — Stocks in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sheep — Stocks was 9.61 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Stocks in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep — stocks in Western Europe is 9.61 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Western Europe peaked at 18.21 million An in 1982 and was at its lowest, 9.61 million An, in 2024.
That places Western Europe 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.87 million An | 12.31 million An | 13.50 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.76 million An | 13.67 million An | 16.30 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.70 million An | 16.55 million An | 18.21 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.06 million An | 14.79 million An | 17.93 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.76 million An | 12.46 million An | 14.54 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.84 million An | 10.10 million An | 12.09 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.91 million An | 9.61 million An | 10.11 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 24 Uzbekistan 21.03 million An compare
- 25 Morocco 19.89 million An compare
- 25 South Africa 21.24 million An compare
- 26 Russian Federation 19.11 million An compare
- 27 Kazakhstan 18.55 million An compare
- 29 Niger 15.67 million An compare
- 30 Indonesia 15.14 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 11.91 million An (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 1.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Western Europe?
- Sheep — stocks in Western Europe was 9.61 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 18.21 million An in 1982.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.61 million An in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for sheep — stocks?
- Western Europe ranks 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.