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Sheep — 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
192
Highest
235.41 million An
OECD
Lowest
22 An
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
683,888 An
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,062

What the numbers show

Sheep — Stocks is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 235.41 million An in OECD; the lowest is 22 An in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 683,888 An, and the mean is 10.64 million An.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 199.2%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 70.5%).

Sheep — Stocks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 235.41 million An 2023 down 2.5% falling
2 China 192.98 million An 2023 up 26.3% rising
3 China, mainland 192.98 million An 2023 up 26.3% rising
4 USSR 132.95 million An 1991 down 6.1% rising
5 Australia and New Zealand 96.46 million An 2023 down 9.3% falling
6 India 77.42 million An 2023 up 12.3% rising
7 Australia 72.10 million An 2023 down 4.6% falling
8 Sudan (former) 52.64 million An 2011 up 11.9% volatile
9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 52.01 million An 2023 up 14.5% rising
10 Nigeria 51.42 million An 2023 up 27.5% volatile
11 Chad 48.65 million An 2023 up 114.4% volatile
12 Türkiye 42.06 million An 2023 up 53.4% falling
13 Sudan 39.99 million An 2023 up 1.1% flat
14 Ethiopia 39.95 million An 2023 up 46.1% rising
15 Pakistan 32.35 million An 2023 up 12.5% rising
16 Algeria 31.82 million An 2023 up 19.7% rising
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31.80 million An 2023 down 3.2% rising
18 Mongolia 29.41 million An 2023 up 46.6% rising
19 New Zealand 24.36 million An 2023 down 20.9% falling
20 Mali 23.32 million An 2023 up 78.2% volatile
21 Kenya 23.21 million An 2023 up 39.8% volatile
22 Ethiopia PDR 23.20 million An 1992 down 0.6% falling
23 Brazil 21.79 million An 2023 up 26.0% rising
24 Morocco 20.66 million An 2023 up 8.9% rising
25 Uzbekistan 20.53 million An 2023 up 45.0% rising
26 Russian Federation 19.08 million An 2023 down 13.5% falling
27 Saudi Arabia 18.95 million An 2023 up 64.8% volatile
28 Syrian Arab Republic 18.57 million An 2023 up 3.1% rising
29 Kazakhstan 16.96 million An 2023 up 12.1% falling
30 Indonesia 15.52 million An 2023 up 4.0% volatile
31 South Sudan 14.51 million An 2023 down 9.3% falling
32 Niger 14.14 million An 2023 up 31.7% rising
33 Turkmenistan 14.12 million An 2023 up 0.9% rising
34 Spain 13.60 million An 2023 down 15.6% falling
35 Argentina 12.61 million An 2023 down 13.5% falling
36 Afghanistan 12.24 million An 2023 down 6.9% falling
37 Burkina Faso 11.43 million An 2023 up 26.9% volatile
38 Mauritania 11.38 million An 2023 up 13.0% rising
39 Peru 11.28 million An 2023 down 9.3% falling
40 Yemen 10.34 million An 2023 up 8.3% volatile
41 Somalia 10.33 million An 2023 down 16.0% rising
42 Romania 10.30 million An 2023 up 16.6% falling
43 United Republic of Tanzania 9.37 million An 2023 up 22.4% rising
44 Mexico 8.84 million An 2023 up 4.0% rising
45 Senegal 8.20 million An 2023 up 34.8% volatile
46 Greece 7.89 million An 2023 down 10.1% rising
47 Libya 7.53 million An 2023 up 4.6% rising
48 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.48 million An 2023 down 19.5% rising
49 Yugoslav SFR 7.43 million An 1991 up 0.6% falling
50 Iraq 6.82 million An 2023 up 4.6% falling
51 Azerbaijan 6.64 million An 2023 down 16.2% rising
52 France 6.58 million An 2023 down 9.2% falling
53 Italy 6.50 million An 2023 down 9.5% falling
54 Tunisia 6.24 million An 2023 down 9.0% rising
55 Ghana 5.97 million An 2023 up 43.8% volatile
56 Uruguay 5.93 million An 2023 down 27.6% falling
57 Kyrgyzstan 5.55 million An 2023 up 18.6% flat
58 Uganda 4.99 million An 2023 up 136.0% volatile
59 Bangladesh 3.83 million An 2023 up 21.8% volatile
60 Tajikistan 3.78 million An 2023 up 22.1% rising
61 Ireland 3.74 million An 2023 down 25.3% rising
62 Guinea 3.72 million An 2023 up 69.7% volatile
63 Cameroon 3.57 million An 2023 up 21.0% rising
64 Jordan 2.93 million An 2023 up 27.0% rising
65 Benin 2.57 million An 2023 up 199.2% volatile
66 Côte d'Ivoire 2.53 million An 2023 up 46.7% rising
67 Eritrea 2.48 million An 2023 up 7.6% rising
68 Namibia 2.26 million An 2023 up 3.5% falling
69 Portugal 2.22 million An 2023 up 6.9% falling
70 Norway 2.19 million An 2023 down 3.6% rising
71 Caribbean 2.08 million An 2023 down 18.2% volatile
72 Togo 2.08 million An 2023 down 5.4% rising
73 United Arab Emirates 2.06 million An 2023 down 0.9% volatile
74 Egypt 1.99 million An 2023 down 64.2% rising
75 Serbia and Montenegro 1.84 million An 2005 down 31.2% falling
76 Colombia 1.79 million An 2023 up 155.3% falling
77 Serbia 1.72 million An 2023 up 6.2% rising
78 Germany 1.56 million An 2023 down 17.6% falling
79 Lesotho 1.47 million An 2023 up 4.1% falling
80 Cuba 1.41 million An 2023 down 30.5% volatile
81 Albania 1.21 million An 2023 down 35.0% rising
82 Chile 1.20 million An 2023 down 64.6% falling
83 Angola 1.17 million An 2023 up 9.6% volatile
84 Bulgaria 1.07 million An 2023 down 21.2% volatile
85 Sierra Leone 1.01 million An 2023 up 18.1% volatile
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.00 million An 2023 down 1.6% rising
87 Madagascar 957,575 An 2023 up 14.1% rising
88 Democratic Republic of the Congo 918,961 An 2023 up 1.3% rising
89 Hungary 907,100 An 2023 down 23.5% falling
90 Czechoslovakia 873,932 An 1992 down 8.9% rising
91 Georgia 863,800 An 2023 up 25.5% rising
92 Canada 846,800 An 2023 down 5.2% rising
93 Qatar 810,601 An 2023 up 102.8% volatile
94 Palestine 801,273 An 2023 up 9.6% rising
95 Kuwait 734,585 An 2023 up 42.2% volatile
96 Burundi 687,367 An 2023 up 133.3% rising
97 Armenia 680,410 An 2023 up 5.4% flat
98 Oman 668,280 An 2023 up 21.9% volatile
99 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 665,000 An 2023 down 35.7% rising
100 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 620,111 An 2023 up 3.4% rising
101 Guatemala 616,612 An 2023 up 6.0% falling
102 North Macedonia 587,073 An 2023 down 19.8% volatile
103 Ecuador 561,949 An 2023 down 24.0% falling
104 Croatia 552,000 An 2023 down 10.9% rising
105 Myanmar 540,000 An 2023 down 46.9% volatile
106 Ukraine 518,600 An 2023 down 51.7% volatile
107 Zimbabwe 512,758 An 2023 up 60.2% falling
108 Nepal 501,849 An 2023 down 38.0% rising
109 Israel 500,000 An 2023 down 7.4% rising
110 Guinea-Bissau 483,895 An 2023 up 3.0% rising
111 Djibouti 470,257 An 2023 up 0.1% rising
112 Lebanon 434,209 An 2023 down 3.5% rising
113 Republic of Moldova 416,895 An 2023 down 40.0% falling
114 Austria 391,870 An 2023 up 7.5% rising
115 Malawi 366,313 An 2023 up 43.1% volatile
116 Switzerland 362,375 An 2023 down 11.5% rising
117 Iceland 354,986 An 2023 down 23.5% falling
118 Cyprus 343,400 An 2022 down 1.0% falling
119 Sweden 338,550 An 2023 down 41.3% rising
120 Paraguay 327,100 An 2023 down 27.1% flat
121 Rwanda 307,998 An 2023 down 61.4% volatile
122 Haiti 300,722 An 2023 up 94.6% rising
123 Slovakia 289,849 An 2023 down 29.2% falling
124 Liberia 287,717 An 2023 up 4.6% rising
125 Poland 270,492 An 2023 up 8.4% volatile
126 Dominican Republic 256,478 An 2023 up 3.4% volatile
127 Zambia 243,082 An 2023 up 1.3% volatile
128 Botswana 239,693 An 2023 down 12.6% rising
129 Mozambique 229,764 An 2023 down 7.0% rising
130 Gabon 228,935 An 2023 up 9.0% rising
131 Czechia 179,158 An 2023 down 18.8% rising
132 Gambia 170,631 An 2023 up 55.1% rising
133 Montenegro 167,958 An 2023 down 18.9% falling
134 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 166,675 An 2023 down 0.8% falling
135 Belgium-Luxembourg 158,000 An 1999 down 7.1% rising
136 Denmark 152,572 An 2023 up 0.8% rising
137 Malaysia 141,029 An 2023 down 0.6% volatile
138 Guyana 132,078 An 2023 up 0.1% rising
139 Lithuania 127,880 An 2023 up 54.5% volatile
140 Congo 124,765 An 2023 up 2.3% rising
141 Finland 122,100 An 2023 down 9.9% falling
142 Slovenia 116,323 An 2023 up 1.9% rising
143 Belgium 110,120 An 2022 down 7.7% falling
144 Faroe Islands 78,638 An 2023 up 12.3% rising
145 Latvia 78,300 An 2023 down 6.3% rising
146 Belarus 75,700 An 2023 up 21.1% volatile
147 Bahrain 60,767 An 2023 up 51.9% volatile
148 Estonia 55,100 An 2023 down 28.3% rising
149 Melanesia 48,877 An 2023 up 73.0% volatile
150 Equatorial Guinea 41,688 An 2023 up 4.2% rising
151 Thailand 38,442 An 2023 down 8.6% volatile
152 Fiji 38,073 An 2023 up 104.7% volatile
153 Philippines 30,000 An 2023 unchanged rising
154 Comoros 25,757 An 2023 up 7.3% rising
155 Timor-Leste 20,304 An 2023 down 70.5% flat
156 Cabo Verde 19,464 An 2023 up 67.8% volatile
157 Trinidad and Tobago 17,349 An 2023 down 17.8% volatile
158 Honduras 16,947 An 2023 up 5.9% rising
159 Eswatini 16,665 An 2023 down 4.3% falling
160 Puerto Rico 16,549 An 2023 up 44.8% rising
161 Belize 16,115 An 2023 up 22.1% volatile
162 Japan 14,954 An 2023 up 15.0% volatile
163 Martinique 14,400 An 2006 down 65.7% falling
164 Malta 13,990 An 2023 up 28.0% rising
165 Barbados 13,345 An 2023 up 1.1% volatile
166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13,174 An 2023 up 112.5% falling
167 Sri Lanka 12,880 An 2023 up 35.9% volatile
168 Grenada 10,000 An 2023 down 24.2% rising
169 Bhutan 9,411 An 2023 down 5.1% volatile
170 Luxembourg 9,000 An 2022 up 9.6% flat
171 Saint Lucia 8,828 An 2023 down 1.2% rising
172 Antigua and Barbuda 8,508 An 2023 down 39.2% rising
173 Dominica 8,426 An 2023 up 6.7% rising
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7,973 An 2023 up 9.0% rising
175 Papua New Guinea 7,523 An 2023 up 3.1% volatile
176 Nicaragua 6,933 An 2023 up 10.0% rising
177 Bahamas 6,603 An 2023 up 0.0% volatile
178 Suriname 6,280 An 2023 up 5.1% rising
179 El Salvador 5,545 An 2023 up 4.6% rising
180 Brunei Darussalam 4,470 An 2023 up 11.8% volatile
181 Mauritius 3,950 An 2023 up 57.4% falling
182 Sao Tome and Principe 3,410 An 2023 up 6.6% rising
183 Costa Rica 2,885 An 2023 up 1.2% rising
184 Guadeloupe 2,250 An 2006 down 30.8% falling
185 New Caledonia 2,021 An 2023 down 14.0% falling
186 French Guiana 1,412 An 2006 down 49.6% rising
187 Republic of Korea 1,338 An 2023 down 46.9% volatile
188 Jamaica 1,308 An 2023 down 2.3% volatile
189 French Polynesia 444 An 2023 up 0.9% volatile
189 Polynesia 444 An 2023 up 0.9% volatile
191 China, Taiwan Province of 172 An 2023 down 21.8% volatile
192 China, Hong Kong SAR 22 An 2023 up 10.0% 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 — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
229 places, 13,062 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).