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
206
Highest
32.24 million LSU
China
Lowest
0 LSU
Tuvalu
Median
135,208 LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,567
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goats — Stocks is currently reported for 206 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 135,208 LSU, and the mean is 1.66 million LSU.
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7.04 million LSU | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 14.07 million LSU | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Türkiye | 5.24 million LSU | 2023 | up 46.3% | falling |
| 6 | USSR | 13.96 million LSU | 1991 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.70 million LSU | 2023 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 11.71 million LSU | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.08 million LSU | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.06 million LSU | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 975,632 LSU | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 9 | Chad | 9.80 million LSU | 2023 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 9.35 million LSU | 2023 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 505,908 LSU | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan (former) | 8.33 million LSU | 2011 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 407,732 LSU | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 7.62 million LSU | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 308,833 LSU | 2023 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Sudan | 7.14 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 181,628 LSU | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 5.82 million LSU | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 78,696 LSU | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Mali | 5.55 million LSU | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 54,993 LSU | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 16 | Mongolia | 5.40 million LSU | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Melanesia | 33,494 LSU | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia PDR | 4.13 million LSU | 1992 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 19,070 LSU | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 18 | Algeria | 3.69 million LSU | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 3,402 LSU | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 19 | Indonesia | 3.52 million LSU | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 489.3 LSU | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 489.3 LSU | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 3.47 million LSU | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 21 | Niger | 3.37 million LSU | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.19 million LSU | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 3.08 million LSU | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 24 | South Sudan | 3.07 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 25 | South Africa | 2.66 million LSU | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 26 | Morocco | 2.63 million LSU | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 2.53 million LSU | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 28 | New Zealand | 2.44 million LSU | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 2.41 million LSU | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 660,189 LSU | 2023 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Uganda | 2.25 million LSU | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Caribbean | 549,741 LSU | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 2.23 million LSU | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 16,258 LSU | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 32 | Somalia | 2.18 million LSU | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 2.08 million LSU | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 34 | Yemen | 2.03 million LSU | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 2.03 million LSU | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 1.90 million LSU | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 1.87 million LSU | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 38 | Mauritania | 1.86 million LSU | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 39 | Mexico | 1.77 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Argentina | 1.67 million LSU | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 1.59 million LSU | 2023 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 42 | Ghana | 1.52 million LSU | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Nepal | 1.50 million LSU | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 44 | Senegal | 1.47 million LSU | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Peru | 1.30 million LSU | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 46 | Malawi | 1.29 million LSU | 2023 | up 130.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Romania | 1.17 million LSU | 2023 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 48 | Greece | 1.06 million LSU | 2023 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 49 | Libya | 1.02 million LSU | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 50 | Cameroon | 1.01 million LSU | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 51 | Iraq | 824,074 LSU | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 52 | Guinea | 820,897 LSU | 2023 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Togo | 793,292 LSU | 2023 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 54 | France | 785,100 LSU | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 55 | Italy | 747,700 LSU | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 56 | Yugoslav SFR | 743,100 LSU | 1991 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 57 | Tunisia | 738,777 LSU | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 706,061 LSU | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 697,680 LSU | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 669,306 LSU | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Benin | 630,079 LSU | 2023 | up 144.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 621,612 LSU | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 594,547 LSU | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 588,206 LSU | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 65 | Angola | 555,982 LSU | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Zambia | 490,478 LSU | 2023 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Burundi | 447,077 LSU | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Eritrea | 439,462 LSU | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 437,343 LSU | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Mozambique | 433,079 LSU | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Namibia | 416,123 LSU | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 72 | Philippines | 393,248 LSU | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Ireland | 374,091 LSU | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 370,110 LSU | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 75 | Oman | 321,013 LSU | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Egypt | 304,170 LSU | 2023 | down 68.7% | rising |
| 77 | Madagascar | 297,662 LSU | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 294,048 LSU | 2023 | up 85.0% | flat |
| 79 | Myanmar | 284,000 LSU | 2023 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Portugal | 255,232 LSU | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 81 | Norway | 226,290 LSU | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 82 | Haiti | 215,181 LSU | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 83 | Lesotho | 208,938 LSU | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 84 | Cuba | 201,892 LSU | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Serbia and Montenegro | 197,560 LSU | 2005 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 190,293 LSU | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Serbia | 186,389 LSU | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 184,645 LSU | 2023 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 89 | Rwanda | 181,194 LSU | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Germany | 172,230 LSU | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 91 | Chile | 160,361 LSU | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 92 | Botswana | 140,241 LSU | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 93 | Guinea-Bissau | 130,174 LSU | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Canada | 130,027 LSU | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 124,772 LSU | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 123,100 LSU | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 97 | Qatar | 118,286 LSU | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 105,456 LSU | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 99 | Palestine | 103,252 LSU | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 100 | Djibouti | 99,003 LSU | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 101 | Lebanon | 95,788 LSU | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 102 | Kuwait | 95,363 LSU | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Ukraine | 94,140 LSU | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Hungary | 93,840 LSU | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 105 | Czechoslovakia | 93,328 LSU | 1992 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 106 | Georgia | 91,400 LSU | 2023 | up 23.1% | flat |
| 107 | Guatemala | 73,267 LSU | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 108 | Armenia | 70,097 LSU | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 67,260 LSU | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 110 | Liberia | 63,723 LSU | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 111 | Croatia | 62,500 LSU | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 112 | Israel | 61,413 LSU | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 113 | Jamaica | 59,542 LSU | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 114 | Cyprus | 59,381 LSU | 2022 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 115 | Ecuador | 59,059 LSU | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 116 | Gambia | 58,682 LSU | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 117 | Eswatini | 53,714 LSU | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 118 | Thailand | 52,186 LSU | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Austria | 48,881 LSU | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 120 | Dominican Republic | 48,598 LSU | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 121 | Malaysia | 47,929 LSU | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 122 | Congo | 45,148 LSU | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 123 | Switzerland | 44,363 LSU | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 124 | Paraguay | 44,113 LSU | 2023 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 36,343 LSU | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 126 | Iceland | 35,682 LSU | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 127 | Gabon | 34,656 LSU | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 128 | Sweden | 33,855 LSU | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 129 | Poland | 33,139 LSU | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Republic of Korea | 32,426 LSU | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 131 | Fiji | 31,421 LSU | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 132 | Slovakia | 28,985 LSU | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 133 | Guyana | 21,506 LSU | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 134 | Czechia | 20,792 LSU | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 135 | Montenegro | 19,718 LSU | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 136 | Belgium | 18,548 LSU | 2022 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 137 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 17,100 LSU | 1999 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 138 | Denmark | 15,257 LSU | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 139 | Comoros | 14,695 LSU | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 140 | Slovenia | 14,315 LSU | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 14,186 LSU | 2023 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Finland | 12,790 LSU | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 143 | Belarus | 12,600 LSU | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 144 | China, Taiwan Province of | 10,783 LSU | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 145 | Latvia | 8,864 LSU | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 146 | Bahrain | 8,423 LSU | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 8,048 LSU | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Faroe Islands | 7,864 LSU | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 7,021 LSU | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 150 | Estonia | 5,880 LSU | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,164 LSU | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 152 | Honduras | 4,162 LSU | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 153 | Réunion | 3,710 LSU | 2006 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,569 LSU | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 155 | Grenada | 3,500 LSU | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 156 | Guadeloupe | 3,325 LSU | 2006 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 157 | Japan | 3,251 LSU | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,084 LSU | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 159 | Mauritius | 2,584 LSU | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 2,348 LSU | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,275 LSU | 2023 | up 120.9% | falling |
| 162 | Martinique | 2,250 LSU | 2006 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 163 | Bahamas | 2,172 LSU | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 164 | Malta | 2,055 LSU | 2023 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 1,988 LSU | 2023 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 166 | El Salvador | 1,967 LSU | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 167 | Barbados | 1,899 LSU | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,878 LSU | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 169 | Dominica | 1,813 LSU | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 1,654 LSU | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 171 | Belize | 1,631 LSU | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Nicaragua | 1,494 LSU | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 173 | Tonga | 1,481 LSU | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 1,409 LSU | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 175 | Papua New Guinea | 1,067 LSU | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Suriname | 1,039 LSU | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 947.6 LSU | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 178 | Panama | 917.4 LSU | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 802.9 LSU | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 639.3 LSU | 2023 | down 62.5% | rising |
| 181 | Seychelles | 585.1 LSU | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 182 | New Caledonia | 366.9 LSU | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 183 | French Guiana | 267.6 LSU | 2006 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 184 | Cook Islands | 266.3 LSU | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 185 | Singapore | 75.3 LSU | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 186 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 72.2 LSU | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 187 | 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.
- World 245.32 million LSU
- Asia 113.93 million LSU
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 99.68 million LSU
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 69.53 million LSU
- Africa 95.83 million LSU
- Middle Africa 12.63 million LSU
- Sub-Saharan Africa 80.30 million LSU
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 78.61 million LSU
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 58.12 million LSU
- Southern Asia 48.57 million LSU
- Eastern Asia 38.09 million LSU
- Western Africa 33.44 million LSU
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 795,691 LSU
- Eastern Africa 30.76 million LSU
- Northern Africa 15.53 million LSU
- Western Asia 15.18 million LSU
- Europe 13.12 million LSU
- Americas 12.34 million LSU
- Latin America and the Caribbean 11.19 million LSU
- Oceania 10.10 million LSU
- South America 8.78 million LSU
- Central Asia 7.39 million LSU
- European Union (27) 6.80 million LSU
- South-Eastern Asia 4.70 million LSU
- Southern Europe 4.30 million LSU
- Northern Europe 3.93 million LSU
- Eastern Europe 3.72 million LSU
- Southern Africa 3.47 million LSU
- Central America 1.86 million LSU
- Western Europe 1.17 million LSU
- Northern America 1.15 million LSU
- United States of America 1.02 million LSU
About this data
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.