Sheep — Stocks in Jordan

Jordan: Sheep — Stocks was 293,446 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
293,446 LSU
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
60th
of 180 countries
All-time high
319,892 LSU
in 2016
All-time low
52,802 LSU
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Sheep — Stocks in Jordan, 1961–2023

100.0k200.0k300.0k196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.

Analysis

In 2023, sheep — stocks in Jordan stood at 293,446 LSU.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Jordan peaked at 319,892 LSU in 2016 and was at its lowest, 52,802 LSU, in 1961.

Jordan ranks 60th of 180 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Sheep — Stocks in Jordan, year by year

Annual values for Sheep — Stocks in Jordan, 1961 to 2023.
Year LSU Change
1961 52,802 LSU —
1962 70,180 LSU +32.9%
1963 74,130 LSU +5.6%
1964 80,260 LSU +8.3%
1965 98,720 LSU +23.0%
1966 113,590 LSU +15.1%
1967 76,803 LSU -32.4%
1968 79,230 LSU +3.2%
1969 85,437 LSU +7.8%
1970 66,422 LSU -22.3%
1971 69,060 LSU +4.0%
1972 72,300 LSU +4.7%
1973 84,990 LSU +17.6%
1974 79,152 LSU -6.9%
1975 77,252 LSU -2.4%
1976 56,540 LSU -26.8%
1977 80,400 LSU +42.2%
1978 85,600 LSU +6.5%
1979 92,400 LSU +7.9%
1980 85,200 LSU -7.8%
1981 107,300 LSU +25.9%
1982 99,000 LSU -7.7%
1983 98,000 LSU -1.0%
1984 96,000 LSU -2.0%
1985 112,100 LSU +16.8%
1986 93,000 LSU -17.0%
1987 121,900 LSU +31.1%
1988 127,900 LSU +4.9%
1989 152,300 LSU +19.1%
1990 155,600 LSU +2.2%
1991 190,000 LSU +22.1%
1992 267,132 LSU +40.6%
1993 287,813 LSU +7.7%
1994 221,141 LSU -23.2%
1995 237,500 LSU +7.4%
1996 214,363 LSU -9.7%
1997 193,510 LSU -9.7%
1998 158,113 LSU -18.3%
1999 193,399 LSU +22.3%
2000 148,408 LSU -23.3%
2001 145,791 LSU -1.8%
2002 143,331 LSU -1.7%
2003 147,647 LSU +3.0%
2004 152,909 LSU +3.6%
2005 189,044 LSU +23.6%
2006 197,152 LSU +4.3%
2007 225,145 LSU +14.2%
2008 249,336 LSU +10.7%
2009 207,094 LSU -16.9%
2010 217,569 LSU +5.1%
2011 226,460 LSU +4.1%
2012 223,398 LSU -1.4%
2013 231,115 LSU +3.5%
2014 268,026 LSU +16.0%
2015 259,640 LSU -3.1%
2016 319,892 LSU +23.2%
2017 306,312 LSU -4.2%
2018 306,032 LSU -0.1%
2019 300,884 LSU -1.7%
2020 300,229 LSU -0.2%
2021 308,526 LSU +2.8%
2022 296,172 LSU -4.0%
2023 293,446 LSU -0.9%

Jordan compared with similar countries

  • Jordan's 293,446 LSU is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,707 LSU, 5.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Jordan's 293,446 LSU is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 206,367 LSU, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 81,239 LSU 52,802 LSU 113,590 LSU 9
1970s 76,412 LSU 56,540 LSU 92,400 LSU 10
1980s 109,270 LSU 85,200 LSU 152,300 LSU 10
1990s 211,857 LSU 155,600 LSU 287,813 LSU 10
2000s 180,586 LSU 143,331 LSU 249,336 LSU 10
2010s 265,933 LSU 217,569 LSU 319,892 LSU 10
2020s 299,593 LSU 293,446 LSU 308,526 LSU 4

Countries ranked near Jordan

  1. 57 Ireland 374,091 LSU compare
  2. 58 Guinea 372,262 LSU compare
  3. 59 Cameroon 357,133 LSU compare
  4. 61 Benin 257,297 LSU compare
  5. 62 Eritrea 247,539 LSU compare
  6. 63 Namibia 226,478 LSU compare

See the full ranking of 227 places →

More environment data for Jordan

All data for Jordan →

Frequently asked questions

What is sheep — stocks in Jordan?
Sheep — stocks in Jordan was 293,446 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Jordan?
The highest recorded value was 319,892 LSU in 2016.
What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Jordan?
The lowest recorded value was 52,802 LSU in 1961.
How does Jordan rank for sheep — stocks?
Jordan ranks 60th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Jordan?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Jordan data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sheep — Stocks in Jordan. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/sheep-stocks/jordan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/sheep-stocks/jordan/">Sheep — Stocks in Jordan</a> — Statizoid

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.