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Sheep and Goats — Stocks by country

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available...

Countries reporting
203
Highest
32.24 million LSU
China
Lowest
0 LSU
Tuvalu
Median
130,174 LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,567

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goats — Stocks is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 32.24 million LSU in China; the lowest is 0 LSU in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 130,174 LSU, and the mean is 1.67 million LSU.

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 32.24 million LSU 2023 up 11.4% rising
2 China, mainland 32.23 million LSU 2023 up 11.4% rising
3 OECD 27.40 million LSU 2023 down 2.2% falling
4 India 23.17 million LSU 2023 up 10.9% rising
5 Nigeria 14.07 million LSU 2023 up 26.7% volatile
6 USSR 13.96 million LSU 1991 down 5.4% rising
7 Pakistan 11.71 million LSU 2023 up 25.1% rising
8 Australia and New Zealand 10.06 million LSU 2023 down 8.5% falling
9 Chad 9.80 million LSU 2023 up 96.8% volatile
10 Ethiopia 9.35 million LSU 2023 up 68.5% volatile
11 Sudan (former) 8.33 million LSU 2011 down 4.3% volatile
12 Australia 7.62 million LSU 2023 down 3.6% falling
13 Sudan 7.14 million LSU 2023 up 1.2% flat
14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7.04 million LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
15 Kenya 5.82 million LSU 2023 up 41.1% volatile
16 Mali 5.55 million LSU 2023 up 77.4% volatile
17 Mongolia 5.40 million LSU 2023 up 37.5% volatile
18 Türkiye 5.24 million LSU 2023 up 46.3% falling
19 Ethiopia PDR 4.13 million LSU 1992 up 1.8% flat
20 United Republic of Tanzania 3.70 million LSU 2023 up 56.2% volatile
21 Algeria 3.69 million LSU 2023 up 17.3% rising
22 Indonesia 3.52 million LSU 2023 up 5.2% rising
23 Brazil 3.47 million LSU 2023 up 33.0% rising
24 Niger 3.37 million LSU 2023 up 34.7% rising
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.19 million LSU 2023 down 3.2% rising
26 Bangladesh 3.08 million LSU 2023 up 8.3% rising
27 South Sudan 3.07 million LSU 2023 up 3.7% flat
28 Morocco 2.63 million LSU 2023 up 5.7% rising
29 Saudi Arabia 2.53 million LSU 2023 up 69.3% volatile
30 New Zealand 2.44 million LSU 2023 down 20.9% falling
31 Uzbekistan 2.41 million LSU 2023 up 40.8% rising
32 Uganda 2.25 million LSU 2023 up 34.6% volatile
33 Burkina Faso 2.23 million LSU 2023 down 1.0% volatile
34 Somalia 2.18 million LSU 2023 down 8.6% flat
35 Russian Federation 2.08 million LSU 2023 down 13.8% falling
36 Syrian Arab Republic 2.08 million LSU 2023 up 2.2% rising
37 Yemen 2.03 million LSU 2023 up 8.1% volatile
38 Afghanistan 2.03 million LSU 2023 up 0.5% falling
39 Turkmenistan 1.90 million LSU 2023 up 15.6% rising
40 Kazakhstan 1.87 million LSU 2023 up 5.9% falling
41 Mauritania 1.86 million LSU 2023 up 11.0% rising
42 Mexico 1.77 million LSU 2023 up 3.0% rising
43 Argentina 1.67 million LSU 2023 down 11.7% falling
44 Spain 1.59 million LSU 2023 down 15.2% flat
45 Ghana 1.52 million LSU 2023 up 53.9% volatile
46 Nepal 1.50 million LSU 2023 up 42.0% rising
47 Senegal 1.47 million LSU 2023 up 30.2% volatile
48 Peru 1.30 million LSU 2023 down 9.2% falling
49 Malawi 1.29 million LSU 2023 up 130.2% volatile
50 Romania 1.17 million LSU 2023 up 16.1% falling
51 Greece 1.06 million LSU 2023 down 22.2% flat
52 Libya 1.02 million LSU 2023 up 4.6% rising
53 Cameroon 1.01 million LSU 2023 up 9.5% rising
54 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 975,632 LSU 2023 down 16.3% rising
55 Iraq 824,074 LSU 2023 up 6.9% falling
56 Guinea 820,897 LSU 2023 up 81.6% volatile
57 Togo 793,292 LSU 2023 up 61.0% volatile
58 France 785,100 LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
59 Italy 747,700 LSU 2023 down 8.3% falling
60 Yugoslav SFR 743,100 LSU 1991 up 0.6% falling
61 Tunisia 738,777 LSU 2023 down 8.8% rising
62 Azerbaijan 706,061 LSU 2023 down 17.6% rising
63 Zimbabwe 697,680 LSU 2023 up 31.1% rising
64 Côte d'Ivoire 660,189 LSU 2023 up 112.7% volatile
65 Benin 630,079 LSU 2023 up 144.6% volatile
66 Kyrgyzstan 621,612 LSU 2023 up 10.2% rising
67 Uruguay 594,547 LSU 2023 down 27.6% falling
68 Tajikistan 588,206 LSU 2023 up 19.5% rising
69 Angola 555,982 LSU 2023 up 6.3% volatile
70 Caribbean 549,741 LSU 2023 down 8.3% rising
71 Democratic Republic of the Congo 505,908 LSU 2023 up 1.6% rising
72 Zambia 490,478 LSU 2023 up 79.0% volatile
73 Burundi 447,077 LSU 2023 up 24.0% volatile
74 Eritrea 439,462 LSU 2023 up 7.2% rising
75 United Arab Emirates 437,343 LSU 2023 up 11.2% volatile
76 Mozambique 433,079 LSU 2023 down 9.7% volatile
77 Namibia 416,123 LSU 2023 up 7.2% falling
78 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 407,732 LSU 2023 up 5.9% volatile
79 Philippines 393,248 LSU 2023 up 5.6% volatile
80 Ireland 374,091 LSU 2023 down 25.4% rising
81 Jordan 370,110 LSU 2023 up 17.6% rising
82 Oman 321,013 LSU 2023 up 21.9% volatile
83 Viet Nam 308,833 LSU 2023 up 121.4% volatile
84 Egypt 304,170 LSU 2023 down 68.7% rising
85 Madagascar 297,662 LSU 2023 up 28.8% rising
86 Colombia 294,048 LSU 2023 up 85.0% flat
87 Myanmar 284,000 LSU 2023 down 52.5% volatile
88 Portugal 255,232 LSU 2023 up 3.2% falling
89 Norway 226,290 LSU 2023 down 3.2% rising
90 Haiti 215,181 LSU 2023 up 2.2% rising
91 Lesotho 208,938 LSU 2023 down 7.1% falling
92 Cuba 201,892 LSU 2023 down 24.1% volatile
93 Serbia and Montenegro 197,560 LSU 2005 down 34.2% falling
94 Sierra Leone 190,293 LSU 2023 up 8.9% volatile
95 Serbia 186,389 LSU 2023 up 1.2% rising
96 Albania 184,645 LSU 2023 down 32.2% rising
97 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 181,628 LSU 2023 down 10.6% rising
98 Rwanda 181,194 LSU 2023 down 48.3% volatile
99 Germany 172,230 LSU 2023 down 14.9% falling
100 Chile 160,361 LSU 2023 down 58.5% falling
101 Botswana 140,241 LSU 2023 down 22.4% rising
102 Guinea-Bissau 130,174 LSU 2023 up 6.7% volatile
103 Canada 130,027 LSU 2023 down 5.0% rising
104 Bulgaria 124,772 LSU 2023 down 24.6% volatile
105 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 123,100 LSU 2023 down 14.9% rising
106 Qatar 118,286 LSU 2023 up 86.1% volatile
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 105,456 LSU 2023 down 3.2% rising
108 Palestine 103,252 LSU 2023 up 9.1% rising
109 Djibouti 99,003 LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
110 Lebanon 95,788 LSU 2023 down 4.2% rising
111 Kuwait 95,363 LSU 2023 up 42.9% volatile
112 Ukraine 94,140 LSU 2023 down 45.8% volatile
113 Hungary 93,840 LSU 2023 down 26.3% falling
114 Czechoslovakia 93,328 LSU 1992 down 7.8% falling
115 Georgia 91,400 LSU 2023 up 23.1% flat
116 Lao People's Democratic Republic 78,696 LSU 2023 up 67.4% volatile
117 Guatemala 73,267 LSU 2023 up 5.5% flat
118 Armenia 70,097 LSU 2023 up 3.9% flat
119 North Macedonia 67,260 LSU 2023 down 16.6% falling
120 Liberia 63,723 LSU 2023 up 2.8% rising
121 Croatia 62,500 LSU 2023 down 9.3% rising
122 Israel 61,413 LSU 2023 down 4.0% rising
123 Jamaica 59,542 LSU 2023 up 14.2% rising
124 Cyprus 59,381 LSU 2022 down 3.9% falling
125 Ecuador 59,059 LSU 2023 down 30.0% falling
126 Gambia 58,682 LSU 2023 up 55.5% rising
127 Republic of Moldova 54,993 LSU 2023 down 33.3% falling
128 Eswatini 53,714 LSU 2023 up 12.9% rising
129 Thailand 52,186 LSU 2023 up 12.9% volatile
130 Austria 48,881 LSU 2023 up 11.6% rising
131 Dominican Republic 48,598 LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
132 Malaysia 47,929 LSU 2023 down 16.9% rising
133 Congo 45,148 LSU 2023 up 1.0% rising
134 Switzerland 44,363 LSU 2023 down 10.8% rising
135 Paraguay 44,113 LSU 2023 down 25.1% rising
136 Sri Lanka 36,343 LSU 2023 up 6.7% falling
137 Iceland 35,682 LSU 2023 down 23.2% falling
138 Gabon 34,656 LSU 2023 up 8.3% rising
139 Sweden 33,855 LSU 2023 down 41.3% rising
140 Melanesia 33,494 LSU 2023 up 10.7% rising
141 Poland 33,139 LSU 2023 up 0.1% volatile
142 Republic of Korea 32,426 LSU 2023 up 32.2% rising
143 Fiji 31,421 LSU 2023 up 16.3% rising
144 Slovakia 28,985 LSU 2023 down 34.8% falling
145 Guyana 21,506 LSU 2023 up 0.5% rising
146 Czechia 20,792 LSU 2023 down 15.0% rising
147 Montenegro 19,718 LSU 2023 down 16.7% falling
148 Timor-Leste 19,070 LSU 2023 down 22.7% falling
149 Belgium 18,548 LSU 2022 up 19.5% falling
150 Belgium-Luxembourg 17,100 LSU 1999 down 4.1% rising
151 Cabo Verde 16,258 LSU 2023 down 19.3% rising
152 Denmark 15,257 LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
153 Comoros 14,695 LSU 2023 up 0.7% rising
154 Slovenia 14,315 LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
155 Lithuania 14,186 LSU 2023 up 47.2% volatile
156 Finland 12,790 LSU 2023 down 8.7% falling
157 Belarus 12,600 LSU 2023 down 3.7% falling
158 China, Taiwan Province of 10,783 LSU 2023 down 35.6% rising
159 Latvia 8,864 LSU 2023 down 8.5% rising
160 Bahrain 8,423 LSU 2023 up 44.0% volatile
161 Costa Rica 8,048 LSU 2023 down 2.9% volatile
162 Faroe Islands 7,864 LSU 2023 up 12.3% rising
163 Bhutan 7,021 LSU 2023 up 42.8% rising
164 Estonia 5,880 LSU 2023 down 27.8% rising
165 Equatorial Guinea 5,164 LSU 2023 up 4.3% rising
166 Honduras 4,162 LSU 2023 up 1.5% rising
167 Antigua and Barbuda 3,569 LSU 2023 down 13.0% rising
168 Grenada 3,500 LSU 2023 up 41.2% rising
169 Polynesia 3,402 LSU 2023 down 2.7% rising
170 Guadeloupe 3,325 LSU 2006 down 23.1% flat
171 Japan 3,251 LSU 2023 up 9.5% volatile
172 Trinidad and Tobago 3,084 LSU 2023 down 22.0% falling
173 Mauritius 2,584 LSU 2023 down 8.4% falling
174 Saint Lucia 2,348 LSU 2023 up 5.0% rising
175 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,275 LSU 2023 up 120.9% falling
176 Martinique 2,250 LSU 2006 down 64.7% falling
177 Bahamas 2,172 LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
178 Malta 2,055 LSU 2023 up 32.3% falling
179 Puerto Rico 1,988 LSU 2023 up 23.2% falling
180 El Salvador 1,967 LSU 2023 down 3.8% rising
181 Barbados 1,899 LSU 2023 up 1.6% volatile
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,878 LSU 2023 up 12.7% rising
183 Dominica 1,813 LSU 2023 up 3.0% rising
184 French Polynesia 1,654 LSU 2023 down 4.0% rising
185 Belize 1,631 LSU 2023 up 21.9% volatile
186 Nicaragua 1,494 LSU 2023 up 9.0% rising
187 Tonga 1,481 LSU 2023 up 11.8% rising
188 Luxembourg 1,409 LSU 2022 up 7.5% rising
189 Papua New Guinea 1,067 LSU 2023 up 3.6% volatile
190 Suriname 1,039 LSU 2023 up 3.9% flat
191 Sao Tome and Principe 947.6 LSU 2023 up 6.5% rising
192 Panama 917.4 LSU 2023 up 8.6% rising
193 Brunei Darussalam 802.9 LSU 2023 down 26.7% volatile
194 Vanuatu 639.3 LSU 2023 down 62.5% rising
195 Seychelles 585.1 LSU 2023 up 6.4% rising
196 Micronesia 489.3 LSU 2023 up 8.7% rising
196 Micronesia (Federated States of) 489.3 LSU 2023 up 8.7% rising
198 New Caledonia 366.9 LSU 2023 down 28.4% falling
199 French Guiana 267.6 LSU 2006 down 29.3% rising
200 Cook Islands 266.3 LSU 2023 down 40.6% rising
201 Singapore 75.3 LSU 2023 up 12.4% volatile
202 China, Hong Kong SAR 72.2 LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
203 Tuvalu 0 LSU 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
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.