Sheep — Stocks by country

Name: Sheep — Stocks
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Countries reporting

195

Highest

235.41 million An

OECD

Lowest

22 An

China, Hong Kong SAR

Median

680,410 An

Years covered

1961–2023

Data points

13,062

What the numbers show

Sheep — Stocks is currently reported for 195 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 680,410 An, and the mean is 10.59 million An.

Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 82 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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
4	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	52.01 million An	2023	up 14.5%	rising
5	Australia and New Zealand	96.46 million An	2023	down 9.3%	falling
5	Türkiye	42.06 million An	2023	up 53.4%	falling
6	India	77.42 million An	2023	up 12.3%	rising
6	Syrian Arab Republic	18.57 million An	2023	up 3.1%	rising
7	Australia	72.10 million An	2023	down 4.6%	falling
7	United Republic of Tanzania	9.37 million An	2023	up 22.4%	rising
8	Sudan (former)	52.64 million An	2011	up 11.9%	volatile
8	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	7.48 million An	2023	down 19.5%	rising
9	Nigeria	51.42 million An	2023	up 27.5%	volatile
10	Chad	48.65 million An	2023	up 114.4%	volatile
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	918,961 An	2023	up 1.3%	rising
11	Sudan	39.99 million An	2023	up 1.1%	flat
11	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	620,111 An	2023	up 3.4%	rising
12	Ethiopia	39.95 million An	2023	up 46.1%	rising
12	Republic of Moldova	416,895 An	2023	down 40.0%	falling
13	Pakistan	32.35 million An	2023	up 12.5%	rising
13	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	166,675 An	2023	down 0.8%	falling
14	Algeria	31.82 million An	2023	up 19.7%	rising
14	Melanesia	48,877 An	2023	up 73.0%	volatile
15	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	31.80 million An	2023	down 3.2%	rising
15	Timor-Leste	20,304 An	2023	down 70.5%	flat
16	Mongolia	29.41 million An	2023	up 46.6%	rising
16	Polynesia	444 An	2023	up 0.9%	volatile
17	New Zealand	24.36 million An	2023	down 20.9%	falling
18	Mali	23.32 million An	2023	up 78.2%	volatile
19	Kenya	23.21 million An	2023	up 39.8%	volatile
20	Ethiopia PDR	23.20 million An	1992	down 0.6%	falling
21	Brazil	21.79 million An	2023	up 26.0%	rising
22	South Africa	21.43 million An	2023	down 12.6%	falling
23	Morocco	20.66 million An	2023	up 8.9%	rising
24	Uzbekistan	20.53 million An	2023	up 45.0%	rising
25	Russian Federation	19.08 million An	2023	down 13.5%	falling
26	Saudi Arabia	18.95 million An	2023	up 64.8%	volatile
27	Kazakhstan	16.96 million An	2023	up 12.1%	falling
28	Indonesia	15.52 million An	2023	up 4.0%	volatile
29	South Sudan	14.51 million An	2023	down 9.3%	falling
30	Niger	14.14 million An	2023	up 31.7%	rising
31	Turkmenistan	14.12 million An	2023	up 0.9%	rising
31	Côte d'Ivoire	2.53 million An	2023	up 46.7%	rising
32	Spain	13.60 million An	2023	down 15.6%	falling
32	Caribbean	2.08 million An	2023	down 18.2%	volatile
33	Argentina	12.61 million An	2023	down 13.5%	falling
33	Cabo Verde	19,464 An	2023	up 67.8%	volatile
34	Afghanistan	12.24 million An	2023	down 6.9%	falling
35	Burkina Faso	11.43 million An	2023	up 26.9%	volatile
36	Mauritania	11.38 million An	2023	up 13.0%	rising
37	Peru	11.28 million An	2023	down 9.3%	falling
38	Yemen	10.34 million An	2023	up 8.3%	volatile
39	Somalia	10.33 million An	2023	down 16.0%	rising
40	Romania	10.30 million An	2023	up 16.6%	falling
41	Mexico	8.84 million An	2023	up 4.0%	rising
42	Senegal	8.20 million An	2023	up 34.8%	volatile
43	Greece	7.89 million An	2023	down 10.1%	rising
44	Libya	7.53 million An	2023	up 4.6%	rising
45	Yugoslav SFR	7.43 million An	1991	up 0.6%	falling
46	Iraq	6.82 million An	2023	up 4.6%	falling
47	Azerbaijan	6.64 million An	2023	down 16.2%	rising
48	France	6.58 million An	2023	down 9.2%	falling
49	Italy	6.50 million An	2023	down 9.5%	falling
50	Tunisia	6.24 million An	2023	down 9.0%	rising
51	Ghana	5.97 million An	2023	up 43.8%	volatile
52	Uruguay	5.93 million An	2023	down 27.6%	falling
53	Kyrgyzstan	5.55 million An	2023	up 18.6%	flat
54	Uganda	4.99 million An	2023	up 136.0%	volatile
55	Bangladesh	3.83 million An	2023	up 21.8%	volatile
56	Tajikistan	3.78 million An	2023	up 22.1%	rising
57	Ireland	3.74 million An	2023	down 25.3%	rising
58	Guinea	3.72 million An	2023	up 69.7%	volatile
59	Cameroon	3.57 million An	2023	up 21.0%	rising
60	Jordan	2.93 million An	2023	up 27.0%	rising
61	Benin	2.57 million An	2023	up 199.2%	volatile
62	Eritrea	2.48 million An	2023	up 7.6%	rising
63	Namibia	2.26 million An	2023	up 3.5%	falling
64	Portugal	2.22 million An	2023	up 6.9%	falling
65	Norway	2.19 million An	2023	down 3.6%	rising
66	Togo	2.08 million An	2023	down 5.4%	rising
67	United Arab Emirates	2.06 million An	2023	down 0.9%	volatile
68	Egypt	1.99 million An	2023	down 64.2%	rising
69	Serbia and Montenegro	1.84 million An	2005	down 31.2%	falling
70	Colombia	1.79 million An	2023	up 155.3%	falling
71	Serbia	1.72 million An	2023	up 6.2%	rising
72	Germany	1.56 million An	2023	down 17.6%	falling
73	Lesotho	1.47 million An	2023	up 4.1%	falling
74	Cuba	1.41 million An	2023	down 30.5%	volatile
75	Albania	1.21 million An	2023	down 35.0%	rising
76	Chile	1.20 million An	2023	down 64.6%	falling
77	Angola	1.17 million An	2023	up 9.6%	volatile
78	Bulgaria	1.07 million An	2023	down 21.2%	volatile
79	Sierra Leone	1.01 million An	2023	up 18.1%	volatile
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.00 million An	2023	down 1.6%	rising
81	Madagascar	957,575 An	2023	up 14.1%	rising
82	Hungary	907,100 An	2023	down 23.5%	falling
83	Czechoslovakia	873,932 An	1992	down 8.9%	rising
84	Georgia	863,800 An	2023	up 25.5%	rising
85	Canada	846,800 An	2023	down 5.2%	rising
86	Qatar	810,601 An	2023	up 102.8%	volatile
87	Palestine	801,273 An	2023	up 9.6%	rising
88	Kuwait	734,585 An	2023	up 42.2%	volatile
89	Burundi	687,367 An	2023	up 133.3%	rising
90	Armenia	680,410 An	2023	up 5.4%	flat
91	Oman	668,280 An	2023	up 21.9%	volatile
92	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	665,000 An	2023	down 35.7%	rising
93	Guatemala	616,612 An	2023	up 6.0%	falling
94	North Macedonia	587,073 An	2023	down 19.8%	volatile
95	Ecuador	561,949 An	2023	down 24.0%	falling
96	Croatia	552,000 An	2023	down 10.9%	rising
97	Myanmar	540,000 An	2023	down 46.9%	volatile
98	Ukraine	518,600 An	2023	down 51.7%	volatile
99	Zimbabwe	512,758 An	2023	up 60.2%	falling
100	Nepal	501,849 An	2023	down 38.0%	rising
101	Israel	500,000 An	2023	down 7.4%	rising
102	Guinea-Bissau	483,895 An	2023	up 3.0%	rising
103	Djibouti	470,257 An	2023	up 0.1%	rising
104	Central African Republic	441,831 An	2023	up 10.5%	volatile
105	Lebanon	434,209 An	2023	down 3.5%	rising
106	Austria	391,870 An	2023	up 7.5%	rising
107	Malawi	366,313 An	2023	up 43.1%	volatile
108	Switzerland	362,375 An	2023	down 11.5%	rising
109	Iceland	354,986 An	2023	down 23.5%	falling
110	Cyprus	343,400 An	2022	down 1.0%	falling
111	Sweden	338,550 An	2023	down 41.3%	rising
112	Paraguay	327,100 An	2023	down 27.1%	flat
113	Rwanda	307,998 An	2023	down 61.4%	volatile
114	Haiti	300,722 An	2023	up 94.6%	rising
115	Slovakia	289,849 An	2023	down 29.2%	falling
116	Liberia	287,717 An	2023	up 4.6%	rising
117	Poland	270,492 An	2023	up 8.4%	volatile
118	Dominican Republic	256,478 An	2023	up 3.4%	volatile
119	Zambia	243,082 An	2023	up 1.3%	volatile
120	Botswana	239,693 An	2023	down 12.6%	rising
121	Mozambique	229,764 An	2023	down 7.0%	rising
122	Gabon	228,935 An	2023	up 9.0%	rising
123	Czechia	179,158 An	2023	down 18.8%	rising
124	Gambia	170,631 An	2023	up 55.1%	rising
125	Montenegro	167,958 An	2023	down 18.9%	falling
126	Belgium-Luxembourg	158,000 An	1999	down 7.1%	rising
127	Denmark	152,572 An	2023	up 0.8%	rising
128	Malaysia	141,029 An	2023	down 0.6%	volatile
129	Guyana	132,078 An	2023	up 0.1%	rising
130	Lithuania	127,880 An	2023	up 54.5%	volatile
131	Congo	124,765 An	2023	up 2.3%	rising
132	Finland	122,100 An	2023	down 9.9%	falling
133	Slovenia	116,323 An	2023	up 1.9%	rising
134	Belgium	110,120 An	2022	down 7.7%	falling
135	Faroe Islands	78,638 An	2023	up 12.3%	rising
136	Latvia	78,300 An	2023	down 6.3%	rising
137	Belarus	75,700 An	2023	up 21.1%	volatile
138	Bahrain	60,767 An	2023	up 51.9%	volatile
139	Estonia	55,100 An	2023	down 28.3%	rising
140	Equatorial Guinea	41,688 An	2023	up 4.2%	rising
141	Thailand	38,442 An	2023	down 8.6%	volatile
142	Fiji	38,073 An	2023	up 104.7%	volatile
143	Philippines	30,000 An	2023	unchanged	rising
144	Comoros	25,757 An	2023	up 7.3%	rising
145	Trinidad and Tobago	17,349 An	2023	down 17.8%	volatile
146	Honduras	16,947 An	2023	up 5.9%	rising
147	Eswatini	16,665 An	2023	down 4.3%	falling
148	Puerto Rico	16,549 An	2023	up 44.8%	rising
149	Belize	16,115 An	2023	up 22.1%	volatile
150	Japan	14,954 An	2023	up 15.0%	volatile
151	Martinique	14,400 An	2006	down 65.7%	falling
152	Malta	13,990 An	2023	up 28.0%	rising
153	Barbados	13,345 An	2023	up 1.1%	volatile
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13,174 An	2023	up 112.5%	falling
155	Sri Lanka	12,880 An	2023	up 35.9%	volatile
156	Grenada	10,000 An	2023	down 24.2%	rising
157	Bhutan	9,411 An	2023	down 5.1%	volatile
158	Luxembourg	9,000 An	2022	up 9.6%	flat
159	Saint Lucia	8,828 An	2023	down 1.2%	rising
160	Antigua and Barbuda	8,508 An	2023	down 39.2%	rising
161	Dominica	8,426 An	2023	up 6.7%	rising
162	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7,973 An	2023	up 9.0%	rising
163	Papua New Guinea	7,523 An	2023	up 3.1%	volatile
164	Nicaragua	6,933 An	2023	up 10.0%	rising
165	Bahamas	6,603 An	2023	up 0.0%	volatile
166	Suriname	6,280 An	2023	up 5.1%	rising
167	El Salvador	5,545 An	2023	up 4.6%	rising
168	Brunei Darussalam	4,470 An	2023	up 11.8%	volatile
169	Mauritius	3,950 An	2023	up 57.4%	falling
170	Sao Tome and Principe	3,410 An	2023	up 6.6%	rising
171	Costa Rica	2,885 An	2023	up 1.2%	rising
172	Guadeloupe	2,250 An	2006	down 30.8%	falling
173	New Caledonia	2,021 An	2023	down 14.0%	falling
174	French Guiana	1,412 An	2006	down 49.6%	rising
175	Republic of Korea	1,338 An	2023	down 46.9%	volatile
176	Jamaica	1,308 An	2023	down 2.3%	volatile
177	Réunion	1,024 An	2006	down 40.8%	falling
178	French Polynesia	444 An	2023	up 0.9%	volatile
179	China, Taiwan Province of	172 An	2023	down 21.8%	volatile
180	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.

World 1.32 billion An
Asia 592.13 million An
Non-Annex I countries 1.07 billion An
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 284.12 million An
Africa 436.16 million An
Middle Africa 55.15 million An
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 419.90 million An
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 353.88 million An
Sub-Saharan Africa 327.94 million An
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 280.51 million An
Annex I countries 256.71 million An
Eastern Asia 222.58 million An
Small island developing States (SIDS) 2.84 million An
Southern Asia 178.37 million An
Western Africa 138.74 million An
Europe 117.28 million An
Western Asia 113.93 million An
Eastern Africa 108.64 million An
Northern Africa 108.22 million An
Oceania 96.51 million An
Americas 81.29 million An
Latin America and the Caribbean 75.32 million An
South America 63.73 million An
Central Asia 60.95 million An
European Union (27) 57.71 million An
Northern Europe 39.04 million An
Southern Europe 35.57 million An
Eastern Europe 33.11 million An
Southern Africa 25.41 million An
South-Eastern Asia 16.30 million An
Western Europe 9.55 million An
Central America 9.50 million An
Northern America 5.98 million An
United States of America 5.13 million An

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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
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

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).