Sheep — Stocks, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Sheep — Stocks. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
40.1 % change on previous year
Mozambique
Lowest
-49.83 % change on previous year
Timor-Leste
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
62
1962–2023
Data points
12,765
What the numbers show
Sheep — Stocks, annual growth rate is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 40.1 % change on previous year in Mozambique; the lowest is -49.83 % change on previous year in Timor-Leste.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -1.08 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 1,757.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 13,097.1%).
Sheep — Stocks, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 40.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 621.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 18.71 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 629.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 15.25 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Denmark | 15.14 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,073.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.78 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 185.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Kenya | 8.79 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 192.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Chad | 7.92 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Fiji | 7.64 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Greece | 6.96 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 558.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Belgium | 6.66 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 397.7% | volatile |
| 11 | New Caledonia | 6.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 117.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea | 6.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Melanesia | 5.97 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 5.57 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Haiti | 5.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,487.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Mali | 5 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Togo | 4.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.49 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Montenegro | 4.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 593.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Hungary | 4.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.05 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,757.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.85 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 292.5% | volatile |
| 23 | French Guiana | 3.44 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Burundi | 3.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Japan | 3.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 110.9% | volatile |
| 26 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.14 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Paraguay | 3.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Canada | 2.99 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 172.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 2.99 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Benin | 2.89 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Czechia | 2.85 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,375.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Germany | 2.82 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Réunion | 2.81 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Senegal | 2.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Namibia | 2.73 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 115.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Australia | 2.66 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Libya | 2.5 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 258.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 2.46 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 2.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Nigeria | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Mauritania | 2.17 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Palestine | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 397.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Oman | 2 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 2 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Angola | 1.96 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Algeria | 1.94 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.94 % change on previous year | 1999 | up 184.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Switzerland | 1.82 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 197.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Malaysia | 1.81 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Ecuador | 1.81 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Uganda | 1.62 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Tunisia | 1.59 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Honduras | 1.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Belize | 1.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Poland | 1.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 1.28 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Brazil | 1.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Faroe Islands | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Cabo Verde | 1.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Argentina | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 242.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Pakistan | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 246.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Sudan (former) | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 0.9851 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Madagascar | 0.9023 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 857.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Caribbean | 0.8893 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 138.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Guatemala | 0.8792 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 69 | India | 0.8724 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.8696 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 305.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Gabon | 0.808 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 0.7118 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 190.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6821 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.6533 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Peru | 0.6449 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5603 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Romania | 0.5084 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Sudan | 0.4668 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.4554 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Iraq | 0.45 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Mexico | 0.358 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.327 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.3256 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 0.3129 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 0.3054 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 0.2635 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 0.2531 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Cuba | 0.2132 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Congo | 0.1927 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1686 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Bahamas | 0.1061 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Cameroon | 0.0644 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Guyana | 0.0576 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Djibouti | 0.0528 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 0.0159 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Philippines | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | French Polynesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Guadeloupe | 0 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Polynesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 96 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 101 | South Africa | -0.0317 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 105.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Serbia and Montenegro | -0.0544 % change on previous year | 2005 | down 104.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Jamaica | -0.1527 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 120.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Serbia | -0.2336 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 102.2% | volatile |
| 105 | France | -0.3262 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Puerto Rico | -0.3312 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 115.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Botswana | -0.3347 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Russian Federation | -0.3405 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 105.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Myanmar | -0.369 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 102.5% | volatile |
| 110 | South Sudan | -0.4003 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 121.0% | volatile |
| 111 | United Arab Emirates | -0.4035 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 103.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Qatar | -0.4103 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 101.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Barbados | -0.4402 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 128.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Eritrea | -0.486 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 174.0% | volatile |
| 115 | China | -0.5391 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 111.3% | volatile |
| 115 | China, mainland | -0.5391 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 111.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Republic of Moldova | -0.5712 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Indonesia | -0.5796 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 105.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Sweden | -0.6719 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Comoros | -0.7284 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 134.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Slovenia | -0.7483 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Eswatini | -0.8921 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Jordan | -0.9204 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 126.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | -0.9219 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Dominica | -0.9289 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Malawi | -1 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 115.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Italy | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 145.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | -1.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | China, Taiwan Province of | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 111.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Liberia | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 162.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Lebanon | -1.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Colombia | -1.48 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | -1.52 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -1.53 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 166.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Yemen | -1.54 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 209.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Armenia | -1.64 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 111.0% | volatile |
| 137 | OECD | -1.68 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 238.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -1.85 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 442.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -1.98 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Somalia | -1.99 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Cyprus | -2.04 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Afghanistan | -2.09 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Bulgaria | -2.16 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Yugoslav SFR | -2.17 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 632.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Austria | -2.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 328.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Thailand | -2.26 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Portugal | -2.32 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 169.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Bahrain | -2.46 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Norway | -2.75 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 238.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Iceland | -2.82 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 151 | New Zealand | -3.08 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 102.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Malta | -3.32 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Niger | -3.34 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 195.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Slovakia | -3.75 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 194.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Belarus | -3.81 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 187.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Uruguay | -3.84 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 803.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Kuwait | -3.99 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 128.0% | volatile |
| 158 | USSR | -4.05 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 187.2% | volatile |
| 159 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -4.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 307.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Georgia | -4.48 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 123.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Gambia | -4.77 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 147.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Morocco | -5.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 3,664.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Suriname | -5.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 155.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Lithuania | -5.72 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 115.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Türkiye | -5.88 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 161.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Spain | -5.92 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 338.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Bhutan | -6.12 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | -6.42 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 279.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Egypt | -6.59 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 365.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Zambia | -6.71 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 254.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Grenada | -6.85 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 734.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Ireland | -6.9 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 118.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Rwanda | -7.16 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 560.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Azerbaijan | -7.39 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 851.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Finland | -7.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 277.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -8.02 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 810.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | -8.13 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Israel | -9.09 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 179 | North Macedonia | -9.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 13,097.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Mauritius | -9.55 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 170.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Luxembourg | -9.6 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Mongolia | -10.19 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 196.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Latvia | -10.33 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 311.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Chile | -10.96 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Albania | -12.06 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 567.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Estonia | -12.68 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Saudi Arabia | -13.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 196.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Croatia | -14.15 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Ukraine | -14.58 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 704.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Czechoslovakia | -15.16 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 377.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Martinique | -15.79 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Republic of Korea | -15.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Nepal | -34.93 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 12,526.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Lesotho | -38.28 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 345.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Timor-Leste | -49.83 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 376.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 7.29 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa 6.99 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.16 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.68 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.38 % change on previous year
- Africa 3.04 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 2.18 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.75 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.71 % change on previous year
- Oceania 1.15 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 0.8079 % change on previous year
- Central America 0.396 % change on previous year
- Non-Annex I countries 0.2587 % change on previous year
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.0749 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.0351 % change on previous year
- Americas 0.0197 % change on previous year
- South America -0.0463 % change on previous year
- World -0.126 % change on previous year
- Northern America -0.1737 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa -0.1909 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe -0.2933 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia -0.6758 % change on previous year
- United States of America -0.6776 % change on previous year
- Western Europe -1.63 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia -1.64 % change on previous year
- Annex I countries -1.7 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia -1.93 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe -2.13 % change on previous year
- Asia -2.13 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) -2.2 % change on previous year
- Europe -2.3 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa -3.26 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe -4.26 % change on previous year
- Western Asia -4.94 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Sheep — Stocks. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Sheep — Stocks Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Sheep — Stocks. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.