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Sheep — Stocks, per capita by country

Sheep — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
159
Highest
8.45 An per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0001 An per person
Japan
Median
0.0946 An per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,179

What the numbers show

Sheep — Stocks, per capita is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 8.45 An per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0001 An per person in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0946 An per person, and the mean is 0.3486 An per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 70,345.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 127.0%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 70.2%).

Sheep — Stocks, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 8.45 An per person 2023 up 22.1% falling
2 New Zealand 4.68 An per person 2023 down 32.4% falling
3 Australia 2.7 An per person 2023 down 17.2% volatile
4 Chad 2.52 An per person 2023 up 51.9% volatile
5 Mauritania 2.27 An per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
6 Turkmenistan 1.92 An per person 2023 down 18.6% rising
7 Uruguay 1.75 An per person 2023 down 28.5% falling
8 Faroe Islands 1.45 An per person 2023 down 0.4% falling
9 South Sudan 1.26 An per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
10 Libya 1.03 An per person 2023 down 9.8% falling
11 Mali 0.981 An per person 2023 up 30.9% flat
12 Iceland 0.9205 An per person 2023 down 35.7% falling
13 Kazakhstan 0.8343 An per person 2023 down 3.2% falling
14 Sudan 0.799 An per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
15 Kyrgyzstan 0.7822 An per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
16 Namibia 0.7643 An per person 2023 down 21.3% volatile
17 Greece 0.7583 An per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
18 Eritrea 0.7133 An per person 2023 down 4.7% falling
19 Ireland 0.7043 An per person 2023 down 35.0% rising
20 Algeria 0.6892 An per person 2023 down 0.4% rising
21 Azerbaijan 0.654 An per person 2023 down 22.3% rising
22 Lesotho 0.6349 An per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
23 Uzbekistan 0.5759 An per person 2023 up 20.9% rising
24 Somalia 0.5629 An per person 2023 down 41.1% falling
25 Saudi Arabia 0.5622 An per person 2023 up 35.0% falling
26 Morocco 0.5478 An per person 2023 down 2.5% falling
27 Niger 0.5405 An per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
28 Romania 0.5403 An per person 2023 up 22.2% falling
29 Tunisia 0.5112 An per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
30 Albania 0.5002 An per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
31 Burkina Faso 0.4964 An per person 2023 down 2.5% rising
32 Senegal 0.4534 An per person 2023 up 2.2% rising
33 Kenya 0.4194 An per person 2023 up 13.6% rising
34 Djibouti 0.4079 An per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
35 Norway 0.397 An per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
36 Tajikistan 0.3642 An per person 2023 down 3.4% rising
37 South Africa 0.3389 An per person 2023 down 24.4% volatile
38 Peru 0.3334 An per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
39 North Macedonia 0.3212 An per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3151 An per person 2023 up 11.6% rising
41 Ethiopia 0.3104 An per person 2023 up 11.7% rising
42 Qatar 0.3052 An per person 2023 up 46.3% falling
43 Afghanistan 0.2952 An per person 2023 down 29.0% volatile
44 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2817 An per person 2023 up 113.9% falling
45 Spain 0.2812 An per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
46 Argentina 0.2769 An per person 2023 down 19.1% volatile
47 Montenegro 0.2694 An per person 2023 down 19.0% falling
48 Yemen 0.2626 An per person 2023 down 19.4% falling
49 Serbia 0.2592 An per person 2023 up 14.9% rising
50 Guinea 0.2584 An per person 2023 up 31.8% rising
51 Cyprus 0.2579 An per person 2022 down 13.3% falling
52 Jordan 0.2565 An per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
53 Togo 0.2532 An per person 2023 down 21.8% falling
54 Georgia 0.2325 An per person 2023 up 25.6% rising
55 Armenia 0.2295 An per person 2023 up 7.4% rising
56 Nigeria 0.2256 An per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
57 Guinea-Bissau 0.2247 An per person 2023 down 18.9% rising
58 Portugal 0.2096 An per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
59 United Arab Emirates 0.1968 An per person 2023 down 27.3% falling
60 Benin 0.1823 An per person 2023 up 127.0% falling
61 Ghana 0.1768 An per person 2023 up 16.5% rising
62 Bulgaria 0.1664 An per person 2023 down 12.5% volatile
63 Guyana 0.1598 An per person 2023 down 9.2% rising
64 Palestine 0.1551 An per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
65 Kuwait 0.1514 An per person 2023 up 2.7% rising
66 Iraq 0.1512 An per person 2023 down 18.1% volatile
67 Croatia 0.143 An per person 2023 down 2.3% rising
68 China 0.1368 An per person 2023 up 22.1% rising
69 Oman 0.1324 An per person 2023 down 7.4% rising
70 Pakistan 0.1307 An per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
71 Cuba 0.1284 An per person 2023 down 28.7% volatile
72 Dominica 0.1267 An per person 2023 up 11.8% rising
73 Cameroon 0.1259 An per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
74 Sierra Leone 0.1188 An per person 2023 down 6.3% rising
75 Italy 0.1101 An per person 2023 down 7.5% falling
76 Brazil 0.1032 An per person 2023 up 18.5% falling
77 Uganda 0.1026 An per person 2023 up 71.4% falling
78 Botswana 0.0966 An per person 2023 down 24.6% volatile
79 France 0.0962 An per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
80 Hungary 0.0946 An per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
81 Gabon 0.0921 An per person 2023 down 16.1% rising
82 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0912 An per person 2023 down 42.6% rising
83 Central African Republic 0.0858 An per person 2023 down 0.5% rising
84 Grenada 0.0854 An per person 2023 down 26.6% rising
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0787 An per person 2023 up 16.3% rising
86 Lebanon 0.0752 An per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
87 Mexico 0.0681 An per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
88 Gambia 0.0632 An per person 2023 up 21.0% falling
89 Chile 0.0612 An per person 2023 down 68.2% volatile
90 Indonesia 0.0552 An per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
91 Slovenia 0.0549 An per person 2023 down 1.0% rising
92 India 0.0538 An per person 2023 up 1.2% falling
93 Slovakia 0.0534 An per person 2023 down 29.4% falling
94 Liberia 0.0524 An per person 2023 down 14.9% falling
95 Israel 0.0508 An per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
96 Burundi 0.0502 An per person 2023 up 77.9% falling
97 Saint Lucia 0.0492 An per person 2023 down 4.4% falling
98 Paraguay 0.0478 An per person 2023 down 36.2% falling
99 Barbados 0.0473 An per person 2023 down 0.6% volatile
100 Lithuania 0.0445 An per person 2023 up 59.4% volatile
101 Austria 0.0429 An per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
102 Latvia 0.0416 An per person 2023 up 0.1% rising
103 Fiji 0.0412 An per person 2023 up 102.9% volatile
104 Switzerland 0.0408 An per person 2023 down 19.5% flat
105 Estonia 0.0402 An per person 2023 down 31.0% rising
106 Belize 0.0392 An per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
107 Bahrain 0.0385 An per person 2023 up 20.7% rising
108 Colombia 0.0343 An per person 2023 up 125.2% falling
109 Guatemala 0.034 An per person 2023 down 10.0% volatile
110 Sweden 0.0321 An per person 2023 down 46.5% rising
111 Angola 0.0318 An per person 2023 down 22.0% rising
112 Zimbabwe 0.0314 An per person 2023 up 37.4% volatile
113 Ecuador 0.0313 An per person 2023 down 33.2% volatile
114 Madagascar 0.0307 An per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
115 Comoros 0.0303 An per person 2023 down 12.1% rising
116 Haiti 0.0258 An per person 2023 up 71.0% rising
117 Denmark 0.0257 An per person 2023 down 4.8% rising
118 Malta 0.0253 An per person 2023 down 1.6% rising
119 Dominican Republic 0.0226 An per person 2023 down 7.0% rising
120 Equatorial Guinea 0.0226 An per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
121 Bangladesh 0.0223 An per person 2023 up 11.2% rising
122 Rwanda 0.0221 An per person 2023 down 69.3% falling
123 Finland 0.0219 An per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
124 Canada 0.0211 An per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
125 Congo 0.0202 An per person 2023 down 19.7% falling
126 Germany 0.0187 An per person 2023 down 20.2% falling
127 Egypt 0.0174 An per person 2023 down 70.2% falling
128 Malawi 0.0174 An per person 2023 up 9.6% falling
129 Nepal 0.0169 An per person 2023 down 42.4% falling
130 Bahamas 0.0165 An per person 2023 down 5.1% volatile
131 Czechia 0.0165 An per person 2023 down 21.4% rising
132 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0148 An per person 2023 down 10.8% falling
133 Luxembourg 0.0138 An per person 2022 down 10.9% falling
134 Ukraine 0.0137 An per person 2023 down 40.9% volatile
135 Eswatini 0.0135 An per person 2023 down 12.1% volatile
136 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0127 An per person 2023 down 19.5% rising
137 Bhutan 0.012 An per person 2023 down 12.5% volatile
138 Zambia 0.0117 An per person 2023 down 24.7% rising
139 Suriname 0.01 An per person 2023 down 4.9% flat
140 Myanmar 0.01 An per person 2023 down 50.7% volatile
141 Belgium 0.0094 An per person 2022 down 12.2% falling
142 Belarus 0.0082 An per person 2023 up 24.6% volatile
143 Poland 0.0074 An per person 2023 up 12.4% volatile
144 New Caledonia 0.007 An per person 2023 down 17.9% volatile
145 Mozambique 0.0068 An per person 2023 down 30.7% falling
146 Puerto Rico 0.0052 An per person 2023 up 64.1% rising
147 Malaysia 0.004 An per person 2023 down 14.6% flat
148 Mauritius 0.0032 An per person 2023 up 58.7% volatile
149 Honduras 0.0016 An per person 2023 down 11.6% rising
150 French Polynesia 0.0016 An per person 2023 down 1.4% volatile
151 Nicaragua 0.001 An per person 2023 down 3.5% rising
152 El Salvador 0.0009 An per person 2023 up 1.8% falling
153 Papua New Guinea 0.0007 An per person 2023 down 17.6% volatile
154 Sri Lanka 0.0006 An per person 2023 up 26.9% volatile
155 Costa Rica 0.0006 An per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
156 Thailand 0.0005 An per person 2023 down 10.9% volatile
157 Jamaica 0.0005 An per person 2023 down 4.2% volatile
158 Philippines 0.0003 An per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
159 Japan 0.0001 An per person 2023 up 17.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Sheep — Stocks, per capita
Unit
An per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
161 places, 9,179 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Sheep — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.