World ranking: Sheep — Stocks 2024
World ranking: Sheep — Stocks 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.
| Rank | Country | Value | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | China | 182.94M head | 13.4 % |
| #2 | India | 114.62M head | 8.4 % |
| #3 | Australia | 79.33M head | 5.8 % |
| #4 | Iran | 53.82M head | 4.0 % |
| #5 | Nigeria | 52.14M head | 3.8 % |
| #6 | Chad | 45.17M head | 3.3 % |
| #7 | Turkey | 44.08M head | 3.2 % |
| #8 | Ethiopia | 41.05M head | 3.0 % |
| #9 | Sudan | 40.71M head | 3.0 % |
| #10 | Pakistan | 32.73M head | 2.4 % |
| #11 | Algeria | 32.35M head | 2.4 % |
| #12 | United Kingdom | 31.02M head | 2.3 % |
| #13 | Kenya | 26.21M head | 1.9 % |
| #14 | Mongolia | 24.49M head | 1.8 % |
| #15 | Mali | 24.48M head | 1.8 % |
| #16 | New Zealand | 23.58M head | 1.7 % |
| #17 | Saudi Arabia | 22.43M head | 1.6 % |
| #18 | Brazil | 21.86M head | 1.6 % |
| #19 | South Africa | 21.24M head | 1.6 % |
| #20 | Uzbekistan | 21.03M head | 1.5 % |
| #21 | Morocco | 19.89M head | 1.5 % |
| #22 | Russia | 19.11M head | 1.4 % |
| #23 | Kazakhstan | 18.55M head | 1.4 % |
| #24 | Syria | 17.93M head | 1.3 % |
| #25 | Niger | 15.67M head | 1.2 % |
| #26 | Indonesia | 15.14M head | 1.1 % |
| #27 | South Sudan | 14.35M head | 1.1 % |
| #28 | Turkmenistan | 14.27M head | 1.0 % |
| #29 | Spain | 13.48M head | 1.0 % |
| #30 | Afghanistan | 12.45M head | 0.9 % |
| #31 | Argentina | 12.44M head | 0.9 % |
| #32 | Burkina Faso | 11.54M head | 0.8 % |
| #33 | Peru | 11.28M head | 0.8 % |
| #34 | Mauritania | 11.21M head | 0.8 % |
| #35 | Yemen | 10.80M head | 0.8 % |
| #36 | Romania | 10.44M head | 0.8 % |
| #37 | Tanzania | 9.51M head | 0.7 % |
| #38 | Mexico | 8.87M head | 0.7 % |
| #39 | Senegal | 8.73M head | 0.6 % |
| #40 | Somalia | 7.99M head | 0.6 % |
| #41 | Greece | 7.77M head | 0.6 % |
| #42 | Libya | 7.49M head | 0.6 % |
| #43 | Bolivia | 7.47M head | 0.5 % |
| #44 | Azerbaijan | 7.04M head | 0.5 % |
| #45 | Iraq | 6.67M head | 0.5 % |
| #46 | France | 6.61M head | 0.5 % |
| #47 | Ghana | 6.18M head | 0.5 % |
| #48 | Tunisia | 6.09M head | 0.4 % |
| #49 | Uruguay | 5.65M head | 0.4 % |
| #50 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.62M head | 0.4 % |
| #51 | Italy | 5.39M head | 0.4 % |
| #52 | United States | 5.03M head | 0.4 % |
| #53 | Uganda | 4.37M head | 0.3 % |
| #54 | Tajikistan | 4.28M head | 0.3 % |
| #55 | Guinea | 4.00M head | 0.3 % |
| #56 | Bangladesh | 3.90M head | 0.3 % |
| #57 | Ireland | 3.59M head | 0.3 % |
| #58 | Cameroon | 3.55M head | 0.3 % |
| #59 | Jordan | 3.08M head | 0.2 % |
| #60 | Benin | 2.65M head | 0.2 % |
| #61 | Ivory Coast | 2.64M head | 0.2 % |
| #62 | Eritrea | 2.51M head | 0.2 % |
| #63 | Portugal | 2.14M head | 0.2 % |
| #64 | Norway | 2.13M head | 0.2 % |
| #65 | United Arab Emirates | 2.05M head | 0.2 % |
| #66 | Togo | 2.03M head | 0.1 % |
| #67 | Egypt | 1.95M head | 0.1 % |
| #68 | Namibia | 1.92M head | 0.1 % |
| #69 | Lesotho | 1.91M head | 0.1 % |
| #70 | Serbia | 1.76M head | 0.1 % |
| #71 | Chile | 1.75M head | 0.1 % |
| #72 | Colombia | 1.69M head | 0.1 % |
| #73 | Germany | 1.51M head | 0.1 % |
| #74 | Cuba | 1.36M head | 0.1 % |
| #75 | Albania | 1.18M head | 0.1 % |
| #76 | Angola | 1.14M head | 0.1 % |
| #77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.10M head | 0.1 % |
| #78 | Bulgaria | 1.02M head | 0.1 % |
| #79 | Sierra Leone | 934.8k head | 0.1 % |
| #80 | Madagascar | 925.9k head | 0.1 % |
| #81 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 920.5k head | 0.1 % |
| #82 | Hungary | 846.8k head | 0.1 % |
| #83 | Canada | 822.0k head | 0.1 % |
| #84 | Qatar | 804.7k head | 0.1 % |
| #85 | Zimbabwe | 746.3k head | 0.1 % |
| #86 | Kuwait | 737.5k head | 0.1 % |
| #87 | Georgia | 712.4k head | 0.1 % |
| #88 | Burundi | 708.1k head | 0.1 % |
| #89 | Armenia | 690.6k head | 0.1 % |
| #90 | Oman | 681.7k head | 0.1 % |
| #91 | Nepal | 633.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #92 | Venezuela | 629.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #93 | Guatemala | 611.3k head | 0.0 % |
| #94 | The Netherlands | 607.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #95 | Croatia | 553.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #96 | Myanmar | 540.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #97 | North Macedonia | 517.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #98 | Ukraine | 488.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #99 | Guinea-Bissau | 472.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #100 | Djibouti | 470.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #101 | Central African Republic | 452.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #102 | Ecuador | 448.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #103 | Malawi | 436.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #104 | Lebanon | 430.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #105 | Moldova | 423.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #106 | Israel | 400.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #107 | Austria | 390.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #108 | Switzerland | 374.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #109 | Paraguay | 371.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #110 | Cyprus | 364.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #111 | Iceland | 345.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #112 | Zambia | 330.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #113 | Sweden | 315.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #114 | Haiti | 311.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #115 | Rwanda | 288.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #116 | Liberia | 281.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #117 | Slovakia | 276.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #118 | Poland | 269.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #119 | Dominican Republic | 262.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #120 | Mozambique | 229.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #121 | Gabon | 221.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #122 | Gambia | 190.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #123 | Czechia | 180.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #124 | North Korea | 164.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #125 | Botswana | 148.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #126 | Denmark | 148.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #127 | Montenegro | 144.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #128 | Malaysia | 139.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #129 | Guyana | 132.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #130 | Republic of the Congo | 126.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #131 | Lithuania | 124.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #132 | Slovenia | 116.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #133 | Finland | 115.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #134 | Faroe Islands | 79.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #135 | Belarus | 74.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #136 | Latvia | 69.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #137 | Bahrain | 63.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #138 | Estonia | 46.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #139 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #140 | Thailand | 41.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #141 | Fiji | 39.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #142 | Timor Leste | 39.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #143 | Philippines | 30.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #144 | Comoros | 26.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #145 | Cabo Verde | 19.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #146 | Eswatini | 18.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #147 | Sri Lanka | 17.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #148 | Honduras | 17.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #149 | Belize | 16.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #151 | Japan | 15.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #152 | Malta | 14.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #153 | Puerto Rico | 12.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #154 | Barbados | 12.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #156 | Grenada | 9.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #157 | Luxembourg | 9.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #158 | Bhutan | 9.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #159 | Saint Lucia | 9.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #160 | Dominica | 8.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #162 | Papua New Guinea | 7.3k head | 0.0 % |
| #163 | Suriname | 6.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #164 | Bahamas | 6.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #165 | El Salvador | 5.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #166 | Mauritius | 5.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #168 | Brunei | 4.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #169 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #170 | Costa Rica | 2.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #171 | New Caledonia | 1.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #172 | South Korea | 1.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #173 | Jamaica | 1.3k head | 0.0 % |
| #174 | Vanuatu | 1.3k head | 0.0 % |
| #175 | French Polynesia | 441 head | 0.0 % |
| #176 | Taiwan | 155 head | 0.0 % |
| #177 | Hong Kong | 23 head | 0.0 % |