Sheep — Stocks, per square kilometre by country
Sheep — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
159
Highest
129.8 An per square kilometre
Palestine
Lowest
0.0161 An per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
Median
10.23 An per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,117
What the numbers show
Sheep — Stocks, per square kilometre is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 129.8 An per square kilometre in Palestine; the lowest is 0.0161 An per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.23 An per square kilometre, and the mean is 17.37 An per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,052.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 199.2%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 64.9%).
Sheep — Stocks, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine | 129.8 An per square kilometre | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 2 | New Zealand | 92.51 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 80.35 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 4 | Bahrain | 78.88 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Qatar | 70.55 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Lesotho | 64.75 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 7 | Greece | 62.02 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 8 | Faroe Islands | 57.58 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 56.23 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Ireland | 54.3 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51.36 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.4% | falling |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 46.6 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 13 | Morocco | 46.29 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 14 | Senegal | 45.82 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Romania | 44.76 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 16 | Albania | 44.02 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 17 | Malta | 43.72 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 18 | Lebanon | 42.04 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 41.96 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 41.78 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Kuwait | 41.22 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Kenya | 39.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Tunisia | 39.68 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 39.1 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Chad | 38.64 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Cyprus | 38.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 27 | Togo | 37.5 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 28 | India | 35.65 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 29 | Uruguay | 33.86 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 33.22 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 32.99 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 30.05 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Barbados | 29.6 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 29.44 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Grenada | 29.41 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 28.85 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Spain | 27.21 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 39 | Burundi | 27.12 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 26.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Portugal | 24.2 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 42 | Armenia | 24.13 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 23.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | 23.11 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 45 | South Sudan | 22.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 46 | Benin | 22.82 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Italy | 21.97 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 49 | Uganda | 21.81 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Sudan | 21.4 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 51 | Eritrea | 20.84 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 52 | China | 20.56 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 53 | Serbia | 20.42 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 54 | Yemen | 20.35 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Djibouti | 20.29 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.6 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 57 | Mali | 19.11 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Mongolia | 18.87 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 59 | Afghanistan | 18.64 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 60 | Gambia | 18.51 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 61 | South Africa | 17.66 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.79 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 63 | Iraq | 15.7 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 64 | Saint Lucia | 15.18 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 65 | Guinea | 15.15 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Somalia | 14.29 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 67 | Comoros | 13.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 68 | Algeria | 13.36 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 13.22 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 12.79 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 71 | France | 12.62 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 72 | Georgia | 12.43 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 73 | Rwanda | 12.21 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Niger | 11.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 75 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.89 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.6% | rising |
| 76 | Montenegro | 11.53 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 77 | Dominica | 11.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 10.96 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.6% | rising |
| 79 | Mauritania | 10.76 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 80 | Saudi Arabia | 10.23 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Hungary | 9.94 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 9.88 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Croatia | 9.86 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 84 | Australia | 9.37 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 85 | Switzerland | 9.17 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 86 | Peru | 8.81 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 87 | Indonesia | 7.82 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Cameroon | 7.61 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 6.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 90 | Slovakia | 6.03 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 91 | Norway | 5.97 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 5.78 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 5.76 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 5.41 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 4.75 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 96 | Argentina | 4.61 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 97 | Mexico | 4.55 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 98 | Malawi | 4.54 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Germany | 4.46 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 100 | Libya | 4.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 101 | Denmark | 3.81 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 3.61 An per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 103 | Iceland | 3.52 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.51 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 3.5 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 106 | Nepal | 3.5 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.38 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Liberia | 2.92 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 109 | Mauritius | 2.88 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.1% | falling |
| 110 | Brazil | 2.61 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 111 | Chile | 2.5 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 112 | Namibia | 2.43 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 113 | Czechia | 2.32 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 114 | Ecuador | 2.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 115 | Oman | 2.16 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Fiji | 2.08 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Lithuania | 2.04 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Egypt | 1.96 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.9% | rising |
| 119 | Puerto Rico | 1.85 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 120 | Madagascar | 1.63 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 121 | Colombia | 1.62 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.3% | falling |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.48 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 1.33 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 124 | Estonia | 1.29 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 125 | Latvia | 1.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 126 | Eswatini | 1.06 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 127 | Paraguay | 0.9241 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 128 | Angola | 0.9103 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Ukraine | 0.8951 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Poland | 0.8832 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Gabon | 0.8547 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 132 | Sweden | 0.8313 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 133 | Myanmar | 0.8274 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Belize | 0.7235 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Central African Republic | 0.7174 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Bahamas | 0.6578 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Guyana | 0.6256 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 138 | Malaysia | 0.4292 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Zambia | 0.4148 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Finland | 0.4017 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 141 | Belarus | 0.3729 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo | 0.3679 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 143 | Botswana | 0.3104 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 144 | Mozambique | 0.2922 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 0.2685 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 146 | Bhutan | 0.2467 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0.2082 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Honduras | 0.1494 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 149 | French Polynesia | 0.1271 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Jamaica | 0.1212 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 0.111 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 152 | Philippines | 0.1006 An per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Canada | 0.0964 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 154 | Thailand | 0.0817 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Nicaragua | 0.0576 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 156 | Costa Rica | 0.0565 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 157 | Suriname | 0.0432 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 158 | Japan | 0.0401 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0161 An per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 10.46 An per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Sheep — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sheep — Stocks ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sheep — Stocks Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.