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Sheep and Goats — Stocks by country

The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved...

Countries reporting
206
Highest
322.43 million An
China
Lowest
0 An
Tuvalu
Median
1.35 million An
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,693

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goats — Stocks is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 322.43 million An in China; the lowest is 0 An in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.35 million An, and the mean is 16.59 million An.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 144.6%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).

Sheep and Goats — Stocks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 322.43 million An 2023 up 11.4% rising
2 China, mainland 322.33 million An 2023 up 11.4% rising
3 OECD 271.04 million An 2023 down 2.1% falling
4 India 231.69 million An 2023 up 10.9% rising
4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 70.43 million An 2023 up 6.7% rising
5 Nigeria 140.72 million An 2023 up 26.7% volatile
5 Türkiye 52.36 million An 2023 up 46.3% falling
6 USSR 139.64 million An 1991 down 5.4% rising
6 United Republic of Tanzania 36.96 million An 2023 up 56.2% volatile
7 Pakistan 117.08 million An 2023 up 25.1% rising
7 Syrian Arab Republic 20.76 million An 2023 up 2.2% rising
8 Australia and New Zealand 100.64 million An 2023 down 8.5% falling
8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9.76 million An 2023 down 16.3% rising
9 Chad 97.96 million An 2023 up 96.8% volatile
10 Ethiopia 93.52 million An 2023 up 68.5% volatile
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.06 million An 2023 up 1.6% rising
11 Sudan (former) 83.29 million An 2011 down 4.3% volatile
11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.08 million An 2023 up 5.9% volatile
12 Australia 76.22 million An 2023 down 3.6% falling
12 Viet Nam 3.09 million An 2023 up 121.4% volatile
13 Sudan 71.40 million An 2023 up 1.2% flat
13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.82 million An 2023 down 10.6% rising
14 Kenya 58.20 million An 2023 up 41.1% volatile
14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 786,965 An 2023 up 67.4% volatile
15 Mali 55.51 million An 2023 up 77.4% volatile
15 Republic of Moldova 549,929 An 2023 down 33.3% falling
16 Mongolia 54.03 million An 2023 up 37.5% volatile
16 Melanesia 334,945 An 2023 up 10.7% rising
17 Ethiopia PDR 41.30 million An 1992 up 1.8% flat
17 Timor-Leste 190,697 An 2023 down 22.7% falling
18 Algeria 36.92 million An 2023 up 17.3% rising
18 Polynesia 34,015 An 2023 down 2.7% rising
19 Indonesia 35.17 million An 2023 up 5.2% rising
19 Micronesia 4,893 An 2023 up 8.7% rising
19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 4,893 An 2023 up 8.7% rising
20 Brazil 34.68 million An 2023 up 33.0% rising
21 Niger 33.73 million An 2023 up 34.7% rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.91 million An 2023 down 3.2% rising
23 Bangladesh 30.77 million An 2023 up 8.3% rising
24 South Sudan 30.65 million An 2023 up 3.7% flat
25 South Africa 26.55 million An 2023 down 13.1% falling
26 Morocco 26.30 million An 2023 up 5.7% rising
27 Saudi Arabia 25.27 million An 2023 up 69.3% volatile
28 New Zealand 24.42 million An 2023 down 20.9% falling
29 Uzbekistan 24.12 million An 2023 up 40.8% rising
30 Uganda 22.51 million An 2023 up 34.6% volatile
31 Burkina Faso 22.27 million An 2023 down 1.0% volatile
31 Côte d'Ivoire 6.60 million An 2023 up 112.7% volatile
32 Somalia 21.80 million An 2023 down 8.6% flat
32 Caribbean 5.50 million An 2023 down 8.3% rising
33 Russian Federation 20.83 million An 2023 down 13.8% falling
33 Cabo Verde 162,580 An 2023 down 19.3% rising
34 Yemen 20.33 million An 2023 up 8.1% volatile
35 Afghanistan 20.28 million An 2023 up 0.5% falling
36 Turkmenistan 19.01 million An 2023 up 15.6% rising
37 Kazakhstan 18.67 million An 2023 up 5.9% falling
38 Mauritania 18.64 million An 2023 up 11.0% rising
39 Mexico 17.68 million An 2023 up 3.0% rising
40 Argentina 16.74 million An 2023 down 11.7% falling
41 Spain 15.89 million An 2023 down 15.2% flat
42 Ghana 15.24 million An 2023 up 53.9% volatile
43 Nepal 15.04 million An 2023 up 42.0% rising
44 Senegal 14.68 million An 2023 up 30.2% volatile
45 Peru 13.05 million An 2023 down 9.2% falling
46 Malawi 12.92 million An 2023 up 130.2% volatile
47 Romania 11.72 million An 2023 up 16.1% falling
48 Greece 10.64 million An 2023 down 22.2% flat
49 Libya 10.25 million An 2023 up 4.6% rising
50 Cameroon 10.13 million An 2023 up 9.5% rising
51 Iraq 8.24 million An 2023 up 6.9% falling
52 Guinea 8.21 million An 2023 up 81.6% volatile
53 Togo 7.93 million An 2023 up 61.0% volatile
54 France 7.85 million An 2023 down 8.0% falling
55 Italy 7.48 million An 2023 down 8.3% falling
56 Yugoslav SFR 7.43 million An 1991 up 0.6% falling
57 Tunisia 7.39 million An 2023 down 8.8% rising
58 Azerbaijan 7.06 million An 2023 down 17.6% rising
59 Zimbabwe 6.98 million An 2023 up 31.1% rising
60 Central African Republic 6.69 million An 2023 up 8.0% volatile
61 Benin 6.30 million An 2023 up 144.6% volatile
62 Kyrgyzstan 6.22 million An 2023 up 10.2% rising
63 Uruguay 5.95 million An 2023 down 27.6% falling
64 Tajikistan 5.88 million An 2023 up 19.5% rising
65 Angola 5.56 million An 2023 up 6.3% volatile
66 Zambia 4.90 million An 2023 up 79.0% volatile
67 Burundi 4.47 million An 2023 up 24.0% volatile
68 Eritrea 4.39 million An 2023 up 7.2% rising
69 United Arab Emirates 4.37 million An 2023 up 11.2% volatile
70 Mozambique 4.33 million An 2023 down 9.7% volatile
71 Namibia 4.16 million An 2023 up 7.2% falling
72 Philippines 3.93 million An 2023 up 5.6% volatile
73 Ireland 3.74 million An 2023 down 25.4% rising
74 Jordan 3.70 million An 2023 up 17.6% rising
75 Oman 3.21 million An 2023 up 21.9% volatile
76 Egypt 3.04 million An 2023 down 68.7% rising
77 Madagascar 2.98 million An 2023 up 28.8% rising
78 Colombia 2.94 million An 2023 up 85.0% flat
79 Myanmar 2.84 million An 2023 down 52.5% volatile
80 Portugal 2.55 million An 2023 up 3.2% falling
81 Norway 2.26 million An 2023 down 3.2% rising
82 Haiti 2.15 million An 2023 up 2.2% rising
83 Lesotho 2.09 million An 2023 down 7.1% falling
84 Cuba 2.02 million An 2023 down 24.1% volatile
85 Serbia and Montenegro 1.98 million An 2005 down 34.2% falling
86 Sierra Leone 1.90 million An 2023 up 8.9% volatile
87 Serbia 1.86 million An 2023 up 1.2% rising
88 Albania 1.85 million An 2023 down 32.2% rising
89 Rwanda 1.81 million An 2023 down 48.3% volatile
90 Germany 1.72 million An 2023 down 14.9% falling
91 Chile 1.60 million An 2023 down 58.5% falling
92 Botswana 1.40 million An 2023 down 22.4% rising
93 Guinea-Bissau 1.30 million An 2023 up 6.7% volatile
94 Bulgaria 1.25 million An 2023 down 24.6% volatile
95 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.23 million An 2023 down 14.9% rising
96 Qatar 1.18 million An 2023 up 86.1% volatile
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.05 million An 2023 down 3.2% rising
98 Palestine 1.03 million An 2023 up 9.1% rising
99 Djibouti 990,026 An 2023 up 0.6% rising
100 Lebanon 957,878 An 2023 down 4.2% rising
101 Kuwait 953,630 An 2023 up 42.9% volatile
102 Ukraine 941,400 An 2023 down 45.8% volatile
103 Hungary 938,400 An 2023 down 26.3% falling
104 Czechoslovakia 933,276 An 1992 down 7.8% falling
105 Georgia 914,000 An 2023 up 23.1% flat
106 Canada 876,869 An 2023 down 5.0% rising
107 Guatemala 732,674 An 2023 up 5.5% flat
108 Armenia 700,971 An 2023 up 3.9% flat
109 North Macedonia 672,601 An 2023 down 16.6% falling
110 Liberia 637,234 An 2023 up 2.8% rising
111 Croatia 625,000 An 2023 down 9.3% rising
112 Israel 614,127 An 2023 down 4.0% rising
113 Jamaica 595,424 An 2023 up 14.2% rising
114 Cyprus 593,810 An 2022 down 3.9% falling
115 Ecuador 590,590 An 2023 down 30.0% falling
116 Gambia 586,823 An 2023 up 55.5% rising
117 Eswatini 537,136 An 2023 up 12.9% rising
118 Thailand 521,859 An 2023 up 12.9% volatile
119 Austria 488,810 An 2023 up 11.6% rising
120 Dominican Republic 485,980 An 2023 up 0.6% rising
121 Malaysia 479,289 An 2023 down 16.9% rising
122 Congo 451,476 An 2023 up 1.0% rising
123 Switzerland 443,631 An 2023 down 10.8% rising
124 Paraguay 441,126 An 2023 down 25.1% rising
125 Sri Lanka 363,430 An 2023 up 6.7% falling
126 Iceland 356,821 An 2023 down 23.2% falling
127 Gabon 346,558 An 2023 up 8.3% rising
128 Sweden 338,550 An 2023 down 41.3% rising
129 Poland 331,389 An 2023 up 0.1% volatile
130 Republic of Korea 324,257 An 2023 up 32.2% rising
131 Fiji 314,211 An 2023 up 16.3% rising
132 Slovakia 289,849 An 2023 down 34.8% falling
133 Guyana 215,057 An 2023 up 0.5% rising
134 Czechia 207,915 An 2023 down 15.0% rising
135 Montenegro 197,175 An 2023 down 16.7% falling
136 Belgium 185,480 An 2022 up 19.5% falling
137 Belgium-Luxembourg 171,000 An 1999 down 4.1% rising
138 Denmark 152,572 An 2023 up 0.8% rising
139 Comoros 146,951 An 2023 up 0.7% rising
140 Slovenia 143,147 An 2023 up 1.9% rising
141 Lithuania 141,860 An 2023 up 47.2% volatile
142 Finland 127,900 An 2023 down 8.7% falling
143 Belarus 126,000 An 2023 down 3.7% falling
144 China, Taiwan Province of 107,834 An 2023 down 35.6% rising
145 Latvia 88,640 An 2023 down 8.5% rising
146 Bahrain 84,234 An 2023 up 44.0% volatile
147 Costa Rica 80,478 An 2023 down 2.9% volatile
148 Faroe Islands 78,638 An 2023 up 12.3% rising
149 Bhutan 70,209 An 2023 up 42.8% rising
150 Estonia 58,800 An 2023 down 27.8% rising
151 Equatorial Guinea 51,640 An 2023 up 4.3% rising
152 Honduras 41,625 An 2023 up 1.5% rising
153 Réunion 37,104 An 2006 up 14.9% rising
154 Antigua and Barbuda 35,688 An 2023 down 13.0% rising
155 Grenada 35,000 An 2023 up 41.2% rising
156 Guadeloupe 33,250 An 2006 down 23.1% flat
157 Japan 32,513 An 2023 up 9.5% volatile
158 Trinidad and Tobago 30,845 An 2023 down 22.0% falling
159 Mauritius 25,844 An 2023 down 8.4% falling
160 Saint Lucia 23,479 An 2023 up 5.0% rising
161 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22,752 An 2023 up 120.9% falling
162 Martinique 22,500 An 2006 down 64.7% falling
163 Bahamas 21,725 An 2023 up 0.6% falling
164 Malta 20,550 An 2023 up 32.3% falling
165 Puerto Rico 19,884 An 2023 up 23.2% falling
166 El Salvador 19,666 An 2023 down 3.8% rising
167 Barbados 18,990 An 2023 up 1.6% volatile
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18,779 An 2023 up 12.7% rising
169 Dominica 18,132 An 2023 up 3.0% rising
170 French Polynesia 16,544 An 2023 down 4.0% rising
171 Belize 16,308 An 2023 up 21.9% volatile
172 Nicaragua 14,938 An 2023 up 9.0% rising
173 Tonga 14,808 An 2023 up 11.8% rising
174 Luxembourg 14,090 An 2022 up 7.5% rising
175 Papua New Guinea 10,672 An 2023 up 3.6% volatile
176 Suriname 10,392 An 2023 up 3.9% flat
177 Sao Tome and Principe 9,476 An 2023 up 6.5% rising
178 Panama 9,174 An 2023 up 8.6% rising
179 Brunei Darussalam 8,029 An 2023 down 26.7% volatile
180 Vanuatu 6,393 An 2023 down 62.5% rising
181 Seychelles 5,851 An 2023 up 6.4% rising
182 New Caledonia 3,669 An 2023 down 28.4% falling
183 French Guiana 2,676 An 2006 down 29.3% rising
184 Cook Islands 2,663 An 2023 down 40.6% rising
185 Singapore 753 An 2023 up 12.4% volatile
186 China, Hong Kong SAR 722 An 2023 up 3.1% rising
187 Tuvalu 0 An 1992 down 100.0% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,693 data points, 1961–2023
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The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Data are available by country, with global coverage and updated annually.The following elements are disseminated: 1) Stocks; 2) Amount excreted in manure (N content); 3) Manure left on pasture (N content); 4) Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content); 5) Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content); 6) Manure treated (N content); 7) Losses from manure treated (N content); 8) Manure applied to soils (N content); 9) Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content); 10) Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content).