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
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	South Africa	21.43 million An	2023	down 12.6%	falling
25	Morocco	20.66 million An	2023	up 8.9%	rising
26	Uzbekistan	20.53 million An	2023	up 45.0%	rising
27	Russian Federation	19.08 million An	2023	down 13.5%	falling
28	Saudi Arabia	18.95 million An	2023	up 64.8%	volatile
29	Syrian Arab Republic	18.57 million An	2023	up 3.1%	rising
30	Kazakhstan	16.96 million An	2023	up 12.1%	falling
31	Indonesia	15.52 million An	2023	up 4.0%	volatile
32	South Sudan	14.51 million An	2023	down 9.3%	falling
33	Niger	14.14 million An	2023	up 31.7%	rising
34	Turkmenistan	14.12 million An	2023	up 0.9%	rising
35	Spain	13.60 million An	2023	down 15.6%	falling
36	Argentina	12.61 million An	2023	down 13.5%	falling
37	Afghanistan	12.24 million An	2023	down 6.9%	falling
38	Burkina Faso	11.43 million An	2023	up 26.9%	volatile
39	Mauritania	11.38 million An	2023	up 13.0%	rising
40	Peru	11.28 million An	2023	down 9.3%	falling
41	Yemen	10.34 million An	2023	up 8.3%	volatile
42	Somalia	10.33 million An	2023	down 16.0%	rising
43	Romania	10.30 million An	2023	up 16.6%	falling
44	United Republic of Tanzania	9.37 million An	2023	up 22.4%	rising
45	Mexico	8.84 million An	2023	up 4.0%	rising
46	Senegal	8.20 million An	2023	up 34.8%	volatile
47	Greece	7.89 million An	2023	down 10.1%	rising
48	Libya	7.53 million An	2023	up 4.6%	rising
49	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	7.48 million An	2023	down 19.5%	rising
50	Yugoslav SFR	7.43 million An	1991	up 0.6%	falling
51	Iraq	6.82 million An	2023	up 4.6%	falling
52	Azerbaijan	6.64 million An	2023	down 16.2%	rising
53	France	6.58 million An	2023	down 9.2%	falling
54	Italy	6.50 million An	2023	down 9.5%	falling
55	Tunisia	6.24 million An	2023	down 9.0%	rising
56	Ghana	5.97 million An	2023	up 43.8%	volatile
57	Uruguay	5.93 million An	2023	down 27.6%	falling
58	Kyrgyzstan	5.55 million An	2023	up 18.6%	flat
59	Uganda	4.99 million An	2023	up 136.0%	volatile
60	Bangladesh	3.83 million An	2023	up 21.8%	volatile
61	Tajikistan	3.78 million An	2023	up 22.1%	rising
62	Ireland	3.74 million An	2023	down 25.3%	rising
63	Guinea	3.72 million An	2023	up 69.7%	volatile
64	Cameroon	3.57 million An	2023	up 21.0%	rising
65	Jordan	2.93 million An	2023	up 27.0%	rising
66	Benin	2.57 million An	2023	up 199.2%	volatile
67	Côte d'Ivoire	2.53 million An	2023	up 46.7%	rising
68	Eritrea	2.48 million An	2023	up 7.6%	rising
69	Namibia	2.26 million An	2023	up 3.5%	falling
70	Portugal	2.22 million An	2023	up 6.9%	falling
71	Norway	2.19 million An	2023	down 3.6%	rising
72	Caribbean	2.08 million An	2023	down 18.2%	volatile
73	Togo	2.08 million An	2023	down 5.4%	rising
74	United Arab Emirates	2.06 million An	2023	down 0.9%	volatile
75	Egypt	1.99 million An	2023	down 64.2%	rising
76	Serbia and Montenegro	1.84 million An	2005	down 31.2%	falling
77	Colombia	1.79 million An	2023	up 155.3%	falling
78	Serbia	1.72 million An	2023	up 6.2%	rising
79	Germany	1.56 million An	2023	down 17.6%	falling
80	Lesotho	1.47 million An	2023	up 4.1%	falling
81	Cuba	1.41 million An	2023	down 30.5%	volatile
82	Albania	1.21 million An	2023	down 35.0%	rising
83	Chile	1.20 million An	2023	down 64.6%	falling
84	Angola	1.17 million An	2023	up 9.6%	volatile
85	Bulgaria	1.07 million An	2023	down 21.2%	volatile
86	Sierra Leone	1.01 million An	2023	up 18.1%	volatile
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.00 million An	2023	down 1.6%	rising
88	Madagascar	957,575 An	2023	up 14.1%	rising
89	Democratic Republic of the Congo	918,961 An	2023	up 1.3%	rising
90	Hungary	907,100 An	2023	down 23.5%	falling
91	Czechoslovakia	873,932 An	1992	down 8.9%	rising
92	Georgia	863,800 An	2023	up 25.5%	rising
93	Canada	846,800 An	2023	down 5.2%	rising
94	Qatar	810,601 An	2023	up 102.8%	volatile
95	Palestine	801,273 An	2023	up 9.6%	rising
96	Kuwait	734,585 An	2023	up 42.2%	volatile
97	Burundi	687,367 An	2023	up 133.3%	rising
98	Armenia	680,410 An	2023	up 5.4%	flat
99	Oman	668,280 An	2023	up 21.9%	volatile
100	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	665,000 An	2023	down 35.7%	rising
101	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	620,111 An	2023	up 3.4%	rising
102	Guatemala	616,612 An	2023	up 6.0%	falling
103	North Macedonia	587,073 An	2023	down 19.8%	volatile
104	Ecuador	561,949 An	2023	down 24.0%	falling
105	Croatia	552,000 An	2023	down 10.9%	rising
106	Myanmar	540,000 An	2023	down 46.9%	volatile
107	Ukraine	518,600 An	2023	down 51.7%	volatile
108	Zimbabwe	512,758 An	2023	up 60.2%	falling
109	Nepal	501,849 An	2023	down 38.0%	rising
110	Israel	500,000 An	2023	down 7.4%	rising
111	Guinea-Bissau	483,895 An	2023	up 3.0%	rising
112	Djibouti	470,257 An	2023	up 0.1%	rising
113	Central African Republic	441,831 An	2023	up 10.5%	volatile
114	Lebanon	434,209 An	2023	down 3.5%	rising
115	Republic of Moldova	416,895 An	2023	down 40.0%	falling
116	Austria	391,870 An	2023	up 7.5%	rising
117	Malawi	366,313 An	2023	up 43.1%	volatile
118	Switzerland	362,375 An	2023	down 11.5%	rising
119	Iceland	354,986 An	2023	down 23.5%	falling
120	Cyprus	343,400 An	2022	down 1.0%	falling
121	Sweden	338,550 An	2023	down 41.3%	rising
122	Paraguay	327,100 An	2023	down 27.1%	flat
123	Rwanda	307,998 An	2023	down 61.4%	volatile
124	Haiti	300,722 An	2023	up 94.6%	rising
125	Slovakia	289,849 An	2023	down 29.2%	falling
126	Liberia	287,717 An	2023	up 4.6%	rising
127	Poland	270,492 An	2023	up 8.4%	volatile
128	Dominican Republic	256,478 An	2023	up 3.4%	volatile
129	Zambia	243,082 An	2023	up 1.3%	volatile
130	Botswana	239,693 An	2023	down 12.6%	rising
131	Mozambique	229,764 An	2023	down 7.0%	rising
132	Gabon	228,935 An	2023	up 9.0%	rising
133	Czechia	179,158 An	2023	down 18.8%	rising
134	Gambia	170,631 An	2023	up 55.1%	rising
135	Montenegro	167,958 An	2023	down 18.9%	falling
136	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	166,675 An	2023	down 0.8%	falling
137	Belgium-Luxembourg	158,000 An	1999	down 7.1%	rising
138	Denmark	152,572 An	2023	up 0.8%	rising
139	Malaysia	141,029 An	2023	down 0.6%	volatile
140	Guyana	132,078 An	2023	up 0.1%	rising
141	Lithuania	127,880 An	2023	up 54.5%	volatile
142	Congo	124,765 An	2023	up 2.3%	rising
143	Finland	122,100 An	2023	down 9.9%	falling
144	Slovenia	116,323 An	2023	up 1.9%	rising
145	Belgium	110,120 An	2022	down 7.7%	falling
146	Faroe Islands	78,638 An	2023	up 12.3%	rising
147	Latvia	78,300 An	2023	down 6.3%	rising
148	Belarus	75,700 An	2023	up 21.1%	volatile
149	Bahrain	60,767 An	2023	up 51.9%	volatile
150	Estonia	55,100 An	2023	down 28.3%	rising
151	Melanesia	48,877 An	2023	up 73.0%	volatile
152	Equatorial Guinea	41,688 An	2023	up 4.2%	rising
153	Thailand	38,442 An	2023	down 8.6%	volatile
154	Fiji	38,073 An	2023	up 104.7%	volatile
155	Philippines	30,000 An	2023	unchanged	rising
156	Comoros	25,757 An	2023	up 7.3%	rising
157	Timor-Leste	20,304 An	2023	down 70.5%	flat
158	Cabo Verde	19,464 An	2023	up 67.8%	volatile
159	Trinidad and Tobago	17,349 An	2023	down 17.8%	volatile
160	Honduras	16,947 An	2023	up 5.9%	rising
161	Eswatini	16,665 An	2023	down 4.3%	falling
162	Puerto Rico	16,549 An	2023	up 44.8%	rising
163	Belize	16,115 An	2023	up 22.1%	volatile
164	Japan	14,954 An	2023	up 15.0%	volatile
165	Martinique	14,400 An	2006	down 65.7%	falling
166	Malta	13,990 An	2023	up 28.0%	rising
167	Barbados	13,345 An	2023	up 1.1%	volatile
168	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13,174 An	2023	up 112.5%	falling
169	Sri Lanka	12,880 An	2023	up 35.9%	volatile
170	Grenada	10,000 An	2023	down 24.2%	rising
171	Bhutan	9,411 An	2023	down 5.1%	volatile
172	Luxembourg	9,000 An	2022	up 9.6%	flat
173	Saint Lucia	8,828 An	2023	down 1.2%	rising
174	Antigua and Barbuda	8,508 An	2023	down 39.2%	rising
175	Dominica	8,426 An	2023	up 6.7%	rising
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7,973 An	2023	up 9.0%	rising
177	Papua New Guinea	7,523 An	2023	up 3.1%	volatile
178	Nicaragua	6,933 An	2023	up 10.0%	rising
179	Bahamas	6,603 An	2023	up 0.0%	volatile
180	Suriname	6,280 An	2023	up 5.1%	rising
181	El Salvador	5,545 An	2023	up 4.6%	rising
182	Brunei Darussalam	4,470 An	2023	up 11.8%	volatile
183	Mauritius	3,950 An	2023	up 57.4%	falling
184	Sao Tome and Principe	3,410 An	2023	up 6.6%	rising
185	Costa Rica	2,885 An	2023	up 1.2%	rising
186	Guadeloupe	2,250 An	2006	down 30.8%	falling
187	New Caledonia	2,021 An	2023	down 14.0%	falling
188	French Guiana	1,412 An	2006	down 49.6%	rising
189	Republic of Korea	1,338 An	2023	down 46.9%	volatile
190	Jamaica	1,308 An	2023	down 2.3%	volatile
191	Réunion	1,024 An	2006	down 40.8%	falling
192	French Polynesia	444 An	2023	up 0.9%	volatile
192	Polynesia	444 An	2023	up 0.9%	volatile
194	China, Taiwan Province of	172 An	2023	down 21.8%	volatile
195	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
Non-Annex I countries 1.07 billion An
Asia 592.13 million An
Africa 436.16 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
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 284.12 million An
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 280.51 million An
Annex I countries 256.71 million An
Eastern Asia 222.58 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
Middle Africa 55.15 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
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2.84 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: 27 October 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).