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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
203
Highest
322.43 million An
China
Lowest
0 An
Tuvalu
Median
1.30 million An
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,693

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goats — Stocks is currently reported for 203 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 1.30 million An, and the mean is 16.67 million An.

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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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
Last refreshed

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).