Sheep — Stocks, per capita by country
Sheep — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
159
Highest
6.95 An per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0001 An per person
Japan
Median
0.0874 An per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,274
What the numbers show
Sheep — Stocks, per capita is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 6.95 An per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0001 An per person in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0874 An per person, and the mean is 0.3344 An per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56,855.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 181.5%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 70.3%).
Sheep — Stocks, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 6.95 An per person | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4.46 An per person | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 2.92 An per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Chad | 2.23 An per person | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Mauritania | 2.17 An per person | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 6 | Turkmenistan | 1.9 An per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 7 | Uruguay | 1.67 An per person | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 8 | Faroe Islands | 1.46 An per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 9 | South Sudan | 1.2 An per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 10 | Libya | 1.01 An per person | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 1 An per person | 2024 | up 31.2% | flat |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0.9006 An per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 13 | Iceland | 0.8938 An per person | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 14 | Lesotho | 0.8188 An per person | 2024 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 15 | Sudan | 0.8069 An per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7784 An per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 17 | Greece | 0.7472 An per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 18 | Eritrea | 0.7096 An per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 19 | Algeria | 0.6911 An per person | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | 0.6902 An per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 21 | Ireland | 0.6656 An per person | 2024 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6354 An per person | 2024 | up 98.6% | falling |
| 23 | Namibia | 0.6342 An per person | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Niger | 0.5796 An per person | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 0.5783 An per person | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 26 | Romania | 0.5482 An per person | 2024 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 27 | Morocco | 0.5224 An per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 28 | Tunisia | 0.4965 An per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 29 | Albania | 0.4949 An per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 0.4902 An per person | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 31 | Senegal | 0.4717 An per person | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 0.4645 An per person | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 33 | Somalia | 0.4202 An per person | 2024 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 0.4044 An per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 35 | Djibouti | 0.4026 An per person | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 36 | Norway | 0.382 An per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3473 An per person | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 38 | South Africa | 0.3318 An per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Peru | 0.3296 An per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 0.3109 An per person | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 0.2919 An per person | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 0.2835 An per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 43 | Qatar | 0.2816 An per person | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 44 | Spain | 0.2759 An per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 45 | Argentina | 0.2723 An per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Guinea | 0.2708 An per person | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 0.2685 An per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 48 | Serbia | 0.2671 An per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 49 | Jordan | 0.2663 An per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 50 | Yemen | 0.2661 An per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 51 | Togo | 0.2414 An per person | 2024 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2347 An per person | 2024 | up 84.2% | falling |
| 53 | Montenegro | 0.2324 An per person | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 54 | Armenia | 0.2276 An per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 55 | Nigeria | 0.2241 An per person | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2144 An per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 57 | Portugal | 0.2003 An per person | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 58 | Georgia | 0.1869 An per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1862 An per person | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 60 | Benin | 0.1831 An per person | 2024 | up 130.0% | falling |
| 61 | Ghana | 0.1794 An per person | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 62 | Guyana | 0.159 An per person | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 0.1578 An per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Palestine | 0.1551 An per person | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 65 | Kuwait | 0.1506 An per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 66 | Iraq | 0.1449 An per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Croatia | 0.143 An per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 68 | Pakistan | 0.1303 An per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 69 | China | 0.1298 An per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 70 | Oman | 0.1291 An per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 71 | Dominica | 0.1286 An per person | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 72 | Cuba | 0.1237 An per person | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Cameroon | 0.122 An per person | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | 0.1082 An per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 75 | Brazil | 0.1031 An per person | 2024 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 76 | France | 0.0964 An per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 77 | Italy | 0.0914 An per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 78 | Hungary | 0.0886 An per person | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 79 | Chile | 0.0885 An per person | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Uganda | 0.0874 An per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 81 | Gabon | 0.0871 An per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 82 | Central African Republic | 0.0848 An per person | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0844 An per person | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 84 | Grenada | 0.0822 An per person | 2024 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 85 | India | 0.079 An per person | 2024 | up 48.7% | falling |
| 86 | Lebanon | 0.0742 An per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 87 | Gambia | 0.0692 An per person | 2024 | up 181.5% | falling |
| 88 | Mexico | 0.0678 An per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 89 | Botswana | 0.059 An per person | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovenia | 0.0549 An per person | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 0.0536 An per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 92 | Indonesia | 0.0534 An per person | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 93 | Slovakia | 0.051 An per person | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 0.0509 An per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 95 | Burundi | 0.0504 An per person | 2024 | up 46.9% | falling |
| 96 | Liberia | 0.0502 An per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0477 An per person | 2024 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 98 | Barbados | 0.045 An per person | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 0.0449 An per person | 2024 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Lithuania | 0.0431 An per person | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Austria | 0.0426 An per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 102 | Fiji | 0.0426 An per person | 2024 | up 154.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Switzerland | 0.0416 An per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 104 | Belize | 0.0403 An per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 105 | Israel | 0.04 An per person | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 106 | Bahrain | 0.0397 An per person | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 107 | Latvia | 0.0373 An per person | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 108 | Estonia | 0.0336 An per person | 2024 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 109 | Guatemala | 0.0332 An per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Colombia | 0.032 An per person | 2024 | up 105.0% | falling |
| 111 | Comoros | 0.0303 An per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 112 | Angola | 0.0301 An per person | 2024 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 113 | Sweden | 0.0299 An per person | 2024 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 114 | Madagascar | 0.029 An per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 115 | Haiti | 0.0264 An per person | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 116 | Malta | 0.0256 An per person | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 117 | Denmark | 0.0248 An per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 118 | Ecuador | 0.0247 An per person | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 0.0229 An per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 0.0225 An per person | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 121 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.022 An per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 122 | Nepal | 0.0214 An per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 123 | Finland | 0.0205 An per person | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 124 | Rwanda | 0.0203 An per person | 2024 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 125 | Malawi | 0.0202 An per person | 2024 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 126 | Canada | 0.0199 An per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 127 | Congo | 0.0199 An per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 128 | Germany | 0.0181 An per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 129 | Egypt | 0.0167 An per person | 2024 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 130 | Czechia | 0.0165 An per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 131 | Bahamas | 0.0164 An per person | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Zambia | 0.0155 An per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 133 | Eswatini | 0.0149 An per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0144 An per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 135 | Luxembourg | 0.0142 An per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 136 | Ukraine | 0.0129 An per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Bhutan | 0.0116 An per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0113 An per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 139 | Suriname | 0.0104 An per person | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 140 | Myanmar | 0.0099 An per person | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Belgium | 0.0094 An per person | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 142 | Belarus | 0.0081 An per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Poland | 0.0074 An per person | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Mozambique | 0.0066 An per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 145 | New Caledonia | 0.006 An per person | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Mauritius | 0.0041 An per person | 2024 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Puerto Rico | 0.004 An per person | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 148 | Malaysia | 0.0039 An per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 149 | Honduras | 0.0016 An per person | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 150 | French Polynesia | 0.0016 An per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Nicaragua | 0.001 An per person | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 152 | El Salvador | 0.0009 An per person | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 0.0008 An per person | 2024 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0007 An per person | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Thailand | 0.0006 An per person | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Costa Rica | 0.0006 An per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 157 | Jamaica | 0.0005 An per person | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Philippines | 0.0003 An per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 159 | Japan | 0.0001 An per person | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.1674 An per person
How this figure is calculated
Sheep — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sheep — Stocks ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep — Stocks Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sheep — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.