Sheep — Stocks, per square kilometre by country
Sheep — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
159
Highest
132.99 An per square kilometre
Palestine
Lowest
0.0166 An per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
Median
9.94 An per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,179
What the numbers show
Sheep — Stocks, per square kilometre is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 132.99 An per square kilometre in Palestine; the lowest is 0.0166 An per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.94 An per square kilometre, and the mean is 17.17 An per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,006.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 199.2%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 64.6%).
Sheep — Stocks, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine | 132.99 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 2 | New Zealand | 92.51 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 80.35 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 4 | Bahrain | 75.96 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Qatar | 70.55 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Greece | 61.23 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 7 | Faroe Islands | 57.4 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 56.46 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Ireland | 54.3 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.67 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.5% | falling |
| 11 | Lesotho | 48.34 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 46.6 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 13 | Morocco | 46.29 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 14 | Romania | 44.76 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 15 | Albania | 44.02 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 16 | Malta | 43.72 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 17 | Senegal | 42.57 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Lebanon | 42.44 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 41.96 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 41.78 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Kuwait | 41.22 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Tunisia | 40.14 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 23 | Kenya | 39.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Chad | 38.64 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Togo | 38.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | Cyprus | 37.16 An per square kilometre | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 35.4 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 28 | Uruguay | 33.86 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 29 | Jordan | 33.05 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 30 | Barbados | 31.03 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 30.05 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 29.44 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Grenada | 29.41 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 29.06 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 27.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 27.21 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 38 | Burundi | 26.77 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 26.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 40 | India | 26.04 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 41 | Uganda | 24.9 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Portugal | 24.2 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 43 | Armenia | 24.13 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 23.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Israel | 23.11 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 46 | South Sudan | 22.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 47 | Benin | 22.82 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Italy | 21.97 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 49 | Sudan | 21.41 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | China | 20.56 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.44 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 52 | Eritrea | 20.43 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 53 | Serbia | 20.42 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 54 | Djibouti | 20.29 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.6 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 56 | Yemen | 19.59 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 19.34 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 58 | Mali | 19.11 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Mongolia | 18.87 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 18.77 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 61 | South Africa | 17.66 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.21 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 63 | Gambia | 16.86 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 64 | Somalia | 16.47 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 65 | Iraq | 15.7 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 66 | Guinea | 15.15 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Saint Lucia | 14.47 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 13.93 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Comoros | 13.84 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cuba | 13.63 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Algeria | 13.36 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 72 | Montenegro | 12.49 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 73 | Rwanda | 12.48 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Georgia | 12.43 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 75 | France | 12.2 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 76 | Dominica | 11.23 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 77 | Niger | 11.16 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritania | 11.04 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 10.91 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 80 | Hungary | 9.94 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 9.88 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Croatia | 9.86 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 9.37 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 84 | Switzerland | 9.17 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 85 | Peru | 8.81 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 8.81 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Indonesia | 8.2 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Cameroon | 7.56 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 6.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 90 | Slovakia | 6.03 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 91 | Norway | 6.02 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 5.78 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 5.75 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 5.32 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 4.75 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 96 | Argentina | 4.61 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 97 | Mexico | 4.55 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 98 | Germany | 4.46 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 99 | Libya | 4.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 100 | Malawi | 3.89 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Denmark | 3.81 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 3.61 An per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 103 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.55 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 104 | Iceland | 3.52 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 105 | Nepal | 3.5 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 3.5 An per square kilometre | 2022 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.38 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Liberia | 2.99 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 109 | Namibia | 2.75 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 110 | Brazil | 2.61 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 111 | Czechia | 2.32 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 112 | Ecuador | 2.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 2.16 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Fiji | 2.08 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Lithuania | 2.04 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Egypt | 2 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 117 | Mauritius | 1.98 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 118 | Puerto Rico | 1.87 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 119 | Madagascar | 1.65 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 120 | Chile | 1.62 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 121 | Colombia | 1.62 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.3% | falling |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.49 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 1.33 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.2% | falling |
| 124 | Estonia | 1.29 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 125 | Latvia | 1.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 126 | Eswatini | 0.9689 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 127 | Angola | 0.9363 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Ukraine | 0.8951 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Gabon | 0.8885 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 130 | Poland | 0.8832 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Sweden | 0.8313 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 132 | Myanmar | 0.8274 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Paraguay | 0.826 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 134 | Central African Republic | 0.7092 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Belize | 0.7065 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Bahamas | 0.6596 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Guyana | 0.6255 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 138 | Malaysia | 0.4292 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Botswana | 0.4229 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 140 | Finland | 0.4017 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 141 | Belarus | 0.3729 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo | 0.3653 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 143 | Zambia | 0.327 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Mozambique | 0.2922 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 0.2676 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 146 | Bhutan | 0.2467 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0.2082 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Honduras | 0.1515 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 149 | French Polynesia | 0.1279 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Jamaica | 0.1208 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 0.1106 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 152 | Philippines | 0.1006 An per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Canada | 0.0964 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 154 | Thailand | 0.0752 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Nicaragua | 0.0576 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 156 | Costa Rica | 0.0565 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 157 | Japan | 0.041 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Suriname | 0.0391 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0166 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 13.72 An per square kilometre
- World 10.2 An per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Sheep — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sheep — Stocks ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sheep — Stocks Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sheep — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.