Statizoid

Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita by country

Sheep and Goats — 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
165
Highest
15.52 An per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 An per person
Tuvalu
Median
0.1999 An per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,526

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 15.52 An per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 An per person in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1999 An per person, and the mean is 0.5567 An per person.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 122.4%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).

Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 15.52 An per person 2023 up 14.5% rising
2 Chad 5.07 An per person 2023 up 39.5% volatile
3 New Zealand 4.7 An per person 2023 down 32.4% falling
4 Mauritania 3.71 An per person 2023 down 17.4% falling
5 Australia 2.86 An per person 2023 down 16.4% falling
6 South Sudan 2.67 An per person 2023 up 0.9% flat
7 Turkmenistan 2.58 An per person 2023 down 6.7% rising
8 Mali 2.34 An per person 2023 up 30.3% rising
9 Uruguay 1.75 An per person 2023 down 28.5% falling
10 Faroe Islands 1.45 An per person 2023 down 0.4% falling
11 Sudan 1.43 An per person 2023 down 23.6% falling
12 Namibia 1.4 An per person 2023 down 18.5% volatile
13 Libya 1.4 An per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
14 Central African Republic 1.3 An per person 2023 down 2.7% volatile
15 Niger 1.29 An per person 2023 down 4.6% falling
16 Eritrea 1.27 An per person 2023 down 5.0% falling
17 Somalia 1.19 An per person 2023 down 35.9% falling
18 Kenya 1.05 An per person 2023 up 14.7% rising
19 Greece 1.02 An per person 2023 down 18.0% falling
20 Burkina Faso 0.9673 An per person 2023 down 23.9% rising
21 Togo 0.9646 An per person 2023 up 33.1% rising
22 Iceland 0.9252 An per person 2023 down 35.5% falling
23 Kazakhstan 0.9182 An per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
24 Lesotho 0.9039 An per person 2023 down 17.3% falling
25 Kyrgyzstan 0.8755 An per person 2023 down 10.3% falling
26 Djibouti 0.8587 An per person 2023 down 14.1% volatile
27 Senegal 0.8123 An per person 2023 down 1.3% rising
28 Algeria 0.7998 An per person 2023 down 2.4% rising
29 Albania 0.7656 An per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
30 Saudi Arabia 0.7498 An per person 2023 up 38.7% falling
31 Ethiopia 0.7267 An per person 2023 up 28.9% rising
32 Ireland 0.7043 An per person 2023 down 35.1% rising
33 Morocco 0.6973 An per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
34 Azerbaijan 0.6954 An per person 2023 down 23.6% rising
35 Uzbekistan 0.6765 An per person 2023 up 17.4% rising
36 Oman 0.6358 An per person 2023 down 7.4% rising
37 Nigeria 0.6175 An per person 2023 up 0.7% volatile
38 Romania 0.6149 An per person 2023 up 21.7% falling
39 Malawi 0.6121 An per person 2023 up 76.3% volatile
40 Tunisia 0.6055 An per person 2023 down 16.7% falling
41 Guinea-Bissau 0.6045 An per person 2023 down 16.0% rising
42 Guinea 0.5698 An per person 2023 up 41.1% volatile
43 Tajikistan 0.5661 An per person 2023 down 5.5% rising
44 Botswana 0.5654 An per person 2023 down 33.0% falling
45 Yemen 0.5161 An per person 2023 down 19.6% falling
46 Nepal 0.5066 An per person 2023 up 31.9% rising
47 Afghanistan 0.4892 An per person 2023 down 23.3% falling
48 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.4866 An per person 2023 up 122.4% falling
49 Pakistan 0.4731 An per person 2023 up 6.7% falling
50 Uganda 0.4626 An per person 2023 down 2.3% rising
51 Ghana 0.4512 An per person 2023 up 24.7% rising
52 Benin 0.4465 An per person 2023 up 85.6% falling
53 Cyprus 0.446 An per person 2022 down 15.9% falling
54 Qatar 0.4453 An per person 2023 up 34.3% falling
55 Eswatini 0.4365 An per person 2023 up 3.7% falling
56 Zimbabwe 0.427 An per person 2023 up 12.5% rising
57 South Africa 0.42 An per person 2023 down 24.8% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 0.4172 An per person 2023 down 18.4% falling
59 Norway 0.41 An per person 2023 down 10.9% falling
60 Peru 0.3855 An per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
61 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3824 An per person 2023 down 17.9% rising
62 North Macedonia 0.368 An per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
63 Argentina 0.3675 An per person 2023 down 17.4% volatile
64 Cameroon 0.3571 An per person 2023 down 17.4% falling
65 Fiji 0.34 An per person 2023 up 15.3% flat
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3311 An per person 2023 up 9.8% rising
67 Spain 0.3286 An per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
68 Burundi 0.3266 An per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
69 Jordan 0.3235 An per person 2023 down 17.9% falling
70 Montenegro 0.3162 An per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
71 Grenada 0.2989 An per person 2023 up 36.9% rising
72 Serbia 0.2814 An per person 2023 up 9.5% rising
73 Dominica 0.2726 An per person 2023 up 8.0% rising
74 Guyana 0.2602 An per person 2023 down 8.8% rising
75 Georgia 0.246 An per person 2023 up 23.2% rising
76 Portugal 0.2413 An per person 2023 up 2.1% falling
77 Zambia 0.2367 An per person 2023 up 33.0% volatile
78 Armenia 0.2365 An per person 2023 up 5.9% rising
79 China 0.2286 An per person 2023 up 7.6% rising
80 Sierra Leone 0.2249 An per person 2023 down 13.6% rising
81 Gambia 0.2175 An per person 2023 up 21.2% falling
82 Jamaica 0.2097 An per person 2023 up 12.0% falling
83 Palestine 0.1999 An per person 2023 down 13.9% falling
84 Kuwait 0.1965 An per person 2023 up 3.3% flat
85 Bulgaria 0.1935 An per person 2023 down 16.3% volatile
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1853 An per person 2023 up 20.3% rising
87 Haiti 0.1849 An per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
88 Cuba 0.1832 An per person 2023 down 22.2% volatile
89 Iraq 0.1828 An per person 2023 down 16.4% volatile
90 Bangladesh 0.1795 An per person 2023 down 1.2% rising
91 Comoros 0.1728 An per person 2023 down 17.6% falling
92 Lebanon 0.1659 An per person 2023 down 4.7% falling
93 Brazil 0.1643 An per person 2023 up 25.1% falling
94 Croatia 0.1619 An per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
95 India 0.1611 An per person 2023 down 0.1% falling
96 Angola 0.1513 An per person 2023 down 24.3% rising
97 Tonga 0.1416 An per person 2023 up 14.4% rising
98 Gabon 0.1395 An per person 2023 down 16.6% falling
99 Mexico 0.1363 An per person 2023 down 6.0% falling
100 Saint Lucia 0.131 An per person 2023 up 1.5% falling
101 Rwanda 0.1298 An per person 2023 down 58.9% rising
102 Mozambique 0.1288 An per person 2023 down 32.7% volatile
103 Italy 0.1268 An per person 2023 down 6.3% falling
104 Indonesia 0.1251 An per person 2023 down 4.3% rising
105 Liberia 0.116 An per person 2023 down 16.4% falling
106 France 0.1148 An per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
107 Hungary 0.0978 An per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
108 Madagascar 0.0954 An per person 2023 down 0.5% falling
109 Bhutan 0.0893 An per person 2023 up 31.7% falling
110 Chile 0.0816 An per person 2023 down 62.7% volatile
111 Congo 0.073 An per person 2023 down 20.7% flat
112 Slovenia 0.0675 An per person 2023 down 1.0% rising
113 Barbados 0.0673 An per person 2023 down 0.1% volatile
114 Paraguay 0.0645 An per person 2023 down 34.5% falling
115 Israel 0.0624 An per person 2023 down 21.5% falling
116 French Polynesia 0.0589 An per person 2023 down 6.2% falling
117 Colombia 0.0562 An per person 2023 up 63.2% falling
118 Bahamas 0.0544 An per person 2023 down 4.6% volatile
119 Austria 0.0535 An per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
120 Bahrain 0.0534 An per person 2023 up 14.4% falling
121 Slovakia 0.0534 An per person 2023 down 34.9% falling
122 Myanmar 0.0525 An per person 2023 down 55.9% volatile
123 Switzerland 0.0499 An per person 2023 down 18.8% falling
124 Lithuania 0.0494 An per person 2023 up 51.8% volatile
125 Seychelles 0.0489 An per person 2023 down 20.1% rising
126 Latvia 0.0471 An per person 2023 down 2.3% rising
127 Estonia 0.0429 An per person 2023 down 30.5% rising
128 Dominican Republic 0.0429 An per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
129 Sao Tome and Principe 0.041 An per person 2023 down 10.9% falling
130 Guatemala 0.0404 An per person 2023 down 10.5% volatile
131 Belize 0.0397 An per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
132 Malta 0.0372 An per person 2023 up 1.7% falling
133 Philippines 0.0342 An per person 2023 down 6.2% rising
134 Ecuador 0.0328 An per person 2023 down 38.4% volatile
135 Sweden 0.0321 An per person 2023 down 46.5% rising
136 Equatorial Guinea 0.028 An per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
137 Egypt 0.0266 An per person 2023 down 73.9% falling
138 Denmark 0.0257 An per person 2023 down 4.8% rising
139 Ukraine 0.0249 An per person 2023 down 33.8% volatile
140 Finland 0.0229 An per person 2023 down 11.0% falling
141 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0226 An per person 2023 down 23.5% falling
142 Canada 0.0219 An per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
143 Luxembourg 0.0216 An per person 2022 down 12.6% falling
144 Mauritius 0.0207 An per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
145 Germany 0.0207 An per person 2023 down 17.6% falling
146 Vanuatu 0.02 An per person 2023 down 70.2% falling
147 Czechia 0.0191 An per person 2023 down 17.7% rising
148 Suriname 0.0165 An per person 2023 down 6.0% falling
149 Sri Lanka 0.0165 An per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
150 Belgium 0.0159 An per person 2022 up 13.6% falling
151 Costa Rica 0.0158 An per person 2023 down 10.3% volatile
152 Belarus 0.0137 An per person 2023 down 0.9% falling
153 Malaysia 0.0136 An per person 2023 down 28.6% falling
154 New Caledonia 0.0127 An per person 2023 down 31.6% volatile
155 Poland 0.009 An per person 2023 up 3.7% volatile
156 Thailand 0.0073 An per person 2023 up 9.9% volatile
157 Puerto Rico 0.0062 An per person 2023 up 39.6% falling
158 Honduras 0.0039 An per person 2023 down 15.2% falling
159 El Salvador 0.0031 An per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
160 Nicaragua 0.0022 An per person 2023 down 4.4% falling
161 Panama 0.0021 An per person 2023 down 6.9% falling
162 Papua New Guinea 0.001 An per person 2023 down 17.2% rising
163 Japan 0.0003 An per person 2023 up 12.0% volatile
164 Singapore 0.0001 An per person 2023 up 2.5% volatile
165 Tuvalu 0 An per person 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.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita by country. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 01 October 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/sheep-and-goats-stocks-per-capita-2/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/sheep-and-goats-stocks-per-capita-2/">Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita by country</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Sheep and Goats — 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 and Goats — Stocks ÷ Population, total

Computed from

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

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita
Unit
An per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
167 places, 9,526 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Sheep and Goats — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.