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Sheep — Stocks by country

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available...

Countries reporting
192
Highest
23.84 million LSU
OECD
Lowest
2.2 LSU
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
68,389 LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,936

What the numbers show

Sheep — Stocks is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 23.84 million LSU in OECD; the lowest is 2.2 LSU in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 68,389 LSU, and the mean is 1.07 million LSU.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 80 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 23.84 million LSU 2023 down 2.5% falling
2 China 19.30 million LSU 2023 up 26.3% rising
3 China, mainland 19.30 million LSU 2023 up 26.3% rising
4 USSR 13.29 million LSU 1991 down 6.1% rising
5 Australia and New Zealand 9.65 million LSU 2023 down 9.3% falling
6 India 7.74 million LSU 2023 up 12.3% rising
7 Australia 7.21 million LSU 2023 down 4.6% falling
8 Sudan (former) 5.26 million LSU 2011 up 11.9% volatile
9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.20 million LSU 2023 up 14.5% rising
10 Nigeria 5.14 million LSU 2023 up 27.5% volatile
11 Chad 4.87 million LSU 2023 up 114.4% volatile
12 Türkiye 4.21 million LSU 2023 up 53.4% falling
13 Sudan 4.00 million LSU 2023 up 1.1% flat
14 Ethiopia 3.99 million LSU 2023 up 46.1% rising
15 Pakistan 3.23 million LSU 2023 up 12.5% rising
16 Algeria 3.18 million LSU 2023 up 19.7% rising
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.18 million LSU 2023 down 3.2% rising
18 Mongolia 2.94 million LSU 2023 up 46.6% rising
19 New Zealand 2.44 million LSU 2023 down 20.9% falling
20 Mali 2.33 million LSU 2023 up 78.2% volatile
21 Kenya 2.32 million LSU 2023 up 39.8% volatile
22 Ethiopia PDR 2.32 million LSU 1992 down 0.6% falling
23 Brazil 2.18 million LSU 2023 up 26.0% rising
24 Morocco 2.07 million LSU 2023 up 8.9% rising
25 Uzbekistan 2.05 million LSU 2023 up 45.0% rising
26 Russian Federation 1.91 million LSU 2023 down 13.5% falling
27 Saudi Arabia 1.89 million LSU 2023 up 64.8% volatile
28 Syrian Arab Republic 1.86 million LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
29 Kazakhstan 1.70 million LSU 2023 up 12.1% falling
30 Indonesia 1.55 million LSU 2023 up 4.0% volatile
31 South Sudan 1.45 million LSU 2023 down 9.3% falling
32 Niger 1.41 million LSU 2023 up 31.7% rising
33 Turkmenistan 1.41 million LSU 2023 up 0.9% rising
34 Spain 1.36 million LSU 2023 down 15.6% falling
35 Argentina 1.26 million LSU 2023 down 13.5% falling
36 Afghanistan 1.22 million LSU 2023 down 6.9% falling
37 Burkina Faso 1.14 million LSU 2023 up 26.9% volatile
38 Mauritania 1.14 million LSU 2023 up 13.0% rising
39 Peru 1.13 million LSU 2023 down 9.3% falling
40 Yemen 1.03 million LSU 2023 up 8.3% volatile
41 Somalia 1.03 million LSU 2023 down 16.0% rising
42 Romania 1.03 million LSU 2023 up 16.6% falling
43 United Republic of Tanzania 937,341 LSU 2023 up 22.4% rising
44 Mexico 883,673 LSU 2023 up 4.0% rising
45 Senegal 819,630 LSU 2023 up 34.8% volatile
46 Greece 789,230 LSU 2023 down 10.1% rising
47 Libya 752,842 LSU 2023 up 4.6% rising
48 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 747,613 LSU 2023 down 19.5% rising
49 Yugoslav SFR 743,100 LSU 1991 up 0.6% falling
50 Iraq 681,505 LSU 2023 up 4.6% falling
51 Azerbaijan 664,071 LSU 2023 down 16.2% rising
52 France 657,600 LSU 2023 down 9.2% falling
53 Italy 649,700 LSU 2023 down 9.5% falling
54 Tunisia 623,639 LSU 2023 down 9.0% rising
55 Ghana 597,487 LSU 2023 up 43.8% volatile
56 Uruguay 592,700 LSU 2023 down 27.6% falling
57 Kyrgyzstan 555,321 LSU 2023 up 18.6% flat
58 Uganda 499,237 LSU 2023 up 136.0% volatile
59 Bangladesh 382,700 LSU 2023 up 21.8% volatile
60 Tajikistan 378,351 LSU 2023 up 22.1% rising
61 Ireland 374,091 LSU 2023 down 25.3% rising
62 Guinea 372,262 LSU 2023 up 69.7% volatile
63 Cameroon 357,133 LSU 2023 up 21.0% rising
64 Jordan 293,446 LSU 2023 up 27.0% rising
65 Benin 257,297 LSU 2023 up 199.2% volatile
66 Côte d'Ivoire 253,149 LSU 2023 up 46.7% rising
67 Eritrea 247,539 LSU 2023 up 7.6% rising
68 Namibia 226,478 LSU 2023 up 3.5% falling
69 Portugal 221,670 LSU 2023 up 6.9% falling
70 Norway 219,110 LSU 2023 down 3.6% rising
71 Caribbean 208,407 LSU 2023 down 18.2% volatile
72 Togo 208,201 LSU 2023 down 5.4% rising
73 United Arab Emirates 206,367 LSU 2023 down 0.9% volatile
74 Egypt 199,154 LSU 2023 down 64.2% rising
75 Serbia and Montenegro 183,700 LSU 2005 down 31.2% falling
76 Colombia 179,224 LSU 2023 up 155.3% falling
77 Serbia 171,681 LSU 2023 up 6.2% rising
78 Germany 155,970 LSU 2023 down 17.6% falling
79 Lesotho 146,749 LSU 2023 up 4.1% falling
80 Cuba 141,481 LSU 2023 down 30.5% volatile
81 Canada 127,020 LSU 2023 down 5.2% rising
82 Albania 120,621 LSU 2023 down 35.0% rising
83 Chile 120,354 LSU 2023 down 64.6% falling
84 Angola 116,726 LSU 2023 up 9.6% volatile
85 Bulgaria 107,277 LSU 2023 down 21.2% volatile
86 Sierra Leone 100,527 LSU 2023 up 18.1% volatile
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100,356 LSU 2023 down 1.6% rising
88 Madagascar 95,758 LSU 2023 up 14.1% rising
89 Democratic Republic of the Congo 91,896 LSU 2023 up 1.3% rising
90 Hungary 90,710 LSU 2023 down 23.5% falling
91 Czechoslovakia 87,393 LSU 1992 down 8.9% rising
92 Georgia 86,380 LSU 2023 up 25.5% rising
93 Qatar 81,060 LSU 2023 up 102.8% volatile
94 Palestine 80,127 LSU 2023 up 9.6% rising
95 Kuwait 73,458 LSU 2023 up 42.2% volatile
96 Burundi 68,737 LSU 2023 up 133.3% rising
97 Armenia 68,041 LSU 2023 up 5.4% flat
98 Oman 66,828 LSU 2023 up 21.9% volatile
99 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 66,500 LSU 2023 down 35.7% rising
100 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 62,011 LSU 2023 up 3.4% rising
101 Guatemala 61,661 LSU 2023 up 6.0% falling
102 North Macedonia 58,707 LSU 2023 down 19.8% volatile
103 Ecuador 56,195 LSU 2023 down 24.0% falling
104 Croatia 55,200 LSU 2023 down 10.9% rising
105 Myanmar 54,000 LSU 2023 down 46.9% volatile
106 Ukraine 51,860 LSU 2023 down 51.7% volatile
107 Zimbabwe 51,276 LSU 2023 up 60.2% falling
108 Nepal 50,185 LSU 2023 down 38.0% rising
109 Israel 50,000 LSU 2023 down 7.4% rising
110 Guinea-Bissau 48,390 LSU 2023 up 3.0% rising
111 Djibouti 47,026 LSU 2023 up 0.1% rising
112 Lebanon 43,421 LSU 2023 down 3.5% rising
113 Republic of Moldova 41,690 LSU 2023 down 40.0% falling
114 Austria 39,187 LSU 2023 up 7.5% rising
115 Malawi 36,631 LSU 2023 up 43.1% volatile
116 Switzerland 36,238 LSU 2023 down 11.5% rising
117 Iceland 35,499 LSU 2023 down 23.5% falling
118 Cyprus 34,340 LSU 2022 down 1.0% falling
119 Sweden 33,855 LSU 2023 down 41.3% rising
120 Paraguay 32,710 LSU 2023 down 27.1% flat
121 Rwanda 30,800 LSU 2023 down 61.4% volatile
122 Haiti 30,072 LSU 2023 up 94.6% rising
123 Slovakia 28,985 LSU 2023 down 29.2% falling
124 Liberia 28,772 LSU 2023 up 4.6% rising
125 Poland 27,049 LSU 2023 up 8.4% volatile
126 Dominican Republic 25,648 LSU 2023 up 3.4% volatile
127 Zambia 24,308 LSU 2023 up 1.3% volatile
128 Botswana 23,969 LSU 2023 down 12.6% rising
129 Mozambique 22,976 LSU 2023 down 7.0% rising
130 Gabon 22,894 LSU 2023 up 9.0% rising
131 Czechia 17,916 LSU 2023 down 18.8% rising
132 Gambia 17,063 LSU 2023 up 55.1% rising
133 Montenegro 16,796 LSU 2023 down 18.9% falling
134 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 16,668 LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
135 Belgium-Luxembourg 15,800 LSU 1999 down 7.1% rising
136 Denmark 15,257 LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
137 Malaysia 14,103 LSU 2023 down 0.6% volatile
138 Guyana 13,208 LSU 2023 up 0.1% rising
139 Lithuania 12,788 LSU 2023 up 54.5% volatile
140 Congo 12,476 LSU 2023 up 2.3% rising
141 Finland 12,210 LSU 2023 down 9.9% falling
142 Slovenia 11,632 LSU 2023 up 1.9% rising
143 Belgium 11,012 LSU 2022 down 7.7% falling
144 Faroe Islands 7,864 LSU 2023 up 12.3% rising
145 Latvia 7,830 LSU 2023 down 6.3% rising
146 Belarus 7,570 LSU 2023 up 21.1% volatile
147 Bahrain 6,077 LSU 2023 up 51.9% volatile
148 Estonia 5,510 LSU 2023 down 28.3% rising
149 Melanesia 4,888 LSU 2023 up 73.0% volatile
150 Equatorial Guinea 4,169 LSU 2023 up 4.2% rising
151 Thailand 3,844 LSU 2023 down 8.6% volatile
152 Fiji 3,807 LSU 2023 up 104.7% volatile
153 Philippines 3,000 LSU 2023 unchanged rising
154 Comoros 2,576 LSU 2023 up 7.3% rising
155 Timor-Leste 2,030 LSU 2023 down 70.5% flat
156 Cabo Verde 1,946 LSU 2023 up 67.8% volatile
157 Trinidad and Tobago 1,735 LSU 2023 down 17.8% volatile
158 Honduras 1,695 LSU 2023 up 5.9% rising
159 Eswatini 1,666 LSU 2023 down 4.3% falling
160 Puerto Rico 1,655 LSU 2023 up 44.8% rising
161 Belize 1,612 LSU 2023 up 22.1% volatile
162 Japan 1,495 LSU 2023 up 15.0% volatile
163 Martinique 1,440 LSU 2006 down 65.7% falling
164 Malta 1,399 LSU 2023 up 28.0% rising
165 Barbados 1,334 LSU 2023 up 1.1% volatile
166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,317 LSU 2023 up 112.5% falling
167 Sri Lanka 1,288 LSU 2023 up 35.9% volatile
168 Grenada 1,000 LSU 2023 down 24.2% rising
169 Bhutan 941.1 LSU 2023 down 5.1% volatile
170 Luxembourg 900 LSU 2022 up 9.6% flat
171 Saint Lucia 882.8 LSU 2023 down 1.2% rising
172 Antigua and Barbuda 850.8 LSU 2023 down 39.2% rising
173 Dominica 842.6 LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 797.3 LSU 2023 up 9.0% rising
175 Papua New Guinea 752.3 LSU 2023 up 3.1% volatile
176 Nicaragua 693.3 LSU 2023 up 10.0% rising
177 Bahamas 660.3 LSU 2023 up 0.0% volatile
178 Suriname 628 LSU 2023 up 5.1% rising
179 El Salvador 554.5 LSU 2023 up 4.6% rising
180 Brunei Darussalam 447 LSU 2023 up 11.8% volatile
181 Mauritius 395 LSU 2023 up 57.4% falling
182 Sao Tome and Principe 341 LSU 2023 up 6.6% rising
183 Costa Rica 288.5 LSU 2023 up 1.2% rising
184 Guadeloupe 225 LSU 2006 down 30.8% falling
185 New Caledonia 202.1 LSU 2023 down 14.0% falling
186 French Guiana 141.2 LSU 2006 down 49.6% rising
187 Republic of Korea 133.8 LSU 2023 down 46.9% volatile
188 Jamaica 130.8 LSU 2023 down 2.3% volatile
189 French Polynesia 44.4 LSU 2023 up 0.9% volatile
189 Polynesia 44.4 LSU 2023 up 0.9% volatile
191 China, Taiwan Province of 17.2 LSU 2023 down 21.8% volatile
192 China, Hong Kong SAR 2.2 LSU 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.

About this data

Indicator
Sheep — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
227 places, 12,936 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.