Sheep and Goats Production by Country

India overtook China as the largest sheep and goats holder in 2024, adding 25,006,374 head while China lost 21,832,700 head. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Sheep and Goats, 2020-2024, reporting stocks quantity in head. The table lists 188 countries; 185 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 annual listed total is 2,549,289,614 head. The 2024 country list for sheep and goats stocks runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

India reported 1.08 times as many as China: 325,256,374 head against 300,493,000, while Nigeria ranks third with 143,107,207 head, 157,385,793 head behind China. The top two hold 24.5 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 143,107,207 and 119,766,000 head respectively.

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#	Country	2024
1	India IN	325,256,374
2	China CN	300,493,000
3	Nigeria NG	143,107,207
4	Pakistan PK	119,766,000
5	Ethiopia ET	95,033,588
6	Chad TD	91,663,235
7	Australia AU	84,730,000
8	Sudan SD	72,584,582
9	Iran IR	71,928,303
10	Kenya KE	64,641,088
11	Mali ML	58,287,450
12	Türkiye TR	54,902,668
13	Mongolia MN	47,411,304
14	Tanzania TZ	38,136,171
15	Niger NE	37,700,358
16	Algeria DZ	37,426,354
17	Brazil BR	35,155,170
18	Indonesia ID	33,988,703
19	United Kingdom GB	31,127,701
20	Bangladesh BD	31,020,000
21	Saudi Arabia SA	30,186,702
22	South Sudan SS	30,022,666
23	South Africa ZA	26,340,897
24	Morocco MA	25,602,441
25	Uzbekistan UZ	24,623,200
26	New Zealand NZ	23,671,429
27	Burkina Faso BF	22,362,379
28	Uganda UG	21,775,449
29	Yemen YE	21,166,876
30	Russia RU	20,799,302
31	Afghanistan AF	20,640,291
32	Kazakhstan KZ	20,224,370
33	Syria SY	20,008,727
34	Somalia SO	19,289,035
35	Turkmenistan TM	19,049,844
36	Mauritania MR	18,357,922
37	Mexico MX	17,673,666
38	Argentina AR	16,562,752
39	Nepal NP	15,923,176
40	Spain ES	15,836,980
41	Ghana GH	15,758,577
42	Senegal SN	15,644,957
43	Malawi MW	14,227,331
44	Peru PE	13,027,346
45	Romania RO	11,869,500
46	Greece GR	10,351,000
47	Libya LY	10,217,811
48	Cameroon CM	10,184,214
49	Bolivia BO	9,744,173
50	Guinea GN	8,824,519
51	Ivory Coast CI	8,084,394
52	Iraq IQ	8,025,615
53	Togo TG	7,989,417
54	France FR	7,946,000
55	United States US	7,500,000
56	Azerbaijan AZ	7,451,901
57	Tunisia TN	7,224,623
58	Central African Republic CF	6,645,575
59	Tajikistan TJ	6,509,215
60	Benin BJ	6,487,075
61	Zambia ZM	6,341,529
62	Italy IT	6,301,350
63	Kyrgyzstan KG	6,280,326
64	Uruguay UY	5,672,790
65	Zimbabwe ZW	5,629,946
66	Angola AO	5,411,168
67	Burundi BI	5,231,382
68	DR Congo CD	5,067,749
69	Eritrea ER	4,444,575
70	Mozambique MZ	4,330,794
71	United Arab Emirates AE	4,288,128
72	North Korea KP	4,205,281
73	Jordan JO	3,956,147
74	Philippines PH	3,854,485
75	Namibia NA	3,707,649
76	Ireland IE	3,598,940
77	Oman OM	3,274,344
78	Vietnam VN	3,166,435
79	Egypt EG	3,090,000
80	Myanmar MM	2,840,000
81	Colombia CO	2,801,877
82	Madagascar MG	2,664,293
83	Lesotho LS	2,614,653
84	Portugal PT	2,461,100
85	Norway NO	2,203,600
86	Chile CL	2,168,405
87	Haiti HT	2,157,984
88	Cuba CU	2,024,728
89	Venezuela VE	1,966,329
90	Rwanda RW	1,913,021
91	Serbia RS	1,878,485
92	Albania AL	1,791,711
93	Sierra Leone SL	1,742,181
94	Germany DE	1,679,200
95	Botswana BW	1,354,536
96	Guinea-Bissau GW	1,303,004
97	Qatar QA	1,176,396
98	Bulgaria BG	1,166,700
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	1,161,061
100	Netherlands NL	1,159,000
101	Djibouti DJ	990,551
102	Kuwait KW	958,187
103	Ukraine UA	906,300
104	Hungary HU	878,100
105	Canada CA	852,007
106	Laos LA	843,000
107	Lebanon LB	780,244
108	Georgia GE	761,700
109	Guatemala GT	727,334
110	Armenia AM	710,051
111	Croatia HR	621,000
112	Liberia LR	619,135
113	North Macedonia MK	615,046
114	Jamaica JM	604,097
115	Cyprus CY	593,290
116	Moldova MD	561,738
117	Eswatini SZ	549,929
118	Gambia GM	541,607
119	Thailand TH	525,455
120	Israel IL	509,307
121	Paraguay PY	488,778
122	Austria AT	486,750
123	Malaysia MY	483,603
124	Ecuador EC	475,913
125	Dominican Republic DO	463,424
126	Switzerland CH	461,035
127	Congo CG	451,441
128	Sri Lanka LK	369,270
129	Iceland IS	347,328
130	Gabon GA	338,541
131	Poland PL	333,030
132	Sweden SE	327,790
133	Fiji FJ	324,138
134	South Korea KR	318,224
135	Slovakia SK	302,614
136	Guyana GY	214,691
137	Czech Republic CZ	207,945
138	Timor-Leste TL	184,192
139	Montenegro ME	171,749
140	Cape Verde CV	166,824
141	Denmark DK	165,964
142	Comoros KM	147,481
143	Slovenia SI	141,950
144	Lithuania LT	137,900
145	Taiwan TW	122,471
146	Belarus BY	122,000
147	Finland FI	120,572
148	Bahrain BH	87,500
149	Costa Rica CR	80,850
150	Faroe Islands FO	79,941
151	Latvia LV	78,700
152	Bhutan BT	64,995
153	Equatorial Guinea GQ	51,641
154	Estonia EE	49,300
155	Honduras HN	41,656
156	Grenada GD	35,096
157	Japan JP	31,617
158	Trinidad and Tobago TT	28,158
159	Mauritius MU	28,089
160	Saint Lucia LC	23,937
161	Bahamas BS	21,721
162	Malta MT	21,230
163	Antigua and Barbuda AG	19,473
164	El Salvador SV	19,322
165	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	19,114
166	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	18,954
167	Barbados BB	18,373
168	Dominica DM	18,222
169	Belize BZ	16,991
170	Puerto Rico PR	16,327
171	French Polynesia PF	16,106
172	Tonga TO	14,826
173	Luxembourg LU	14,057
174	Suriname SR	11,008
175	Vanuatu VU	10,769
176	Papua New Guinea PG	10,459
177	Sao Tome and Principe ST	9,588
178	Panama PA	8,998
179	Brunei BN	7,428
180	Seychelles SC	5,847
181	Micronesia FM	4,926
182	Cook Islands CK	4,053
183	New Caledonia NC	3,303
184	Singapore SG	754
185	Hong Kong HK	704
186	Belgium BE	-
187	Nicaragua NI	-
188	Palestine PS	-

Sheep and Goats Production by Country in 2024

India was the largest sheep and goats holder in the 2024 listed data with 325,256,374 head, followed by China with 300,493,000 head and Nigeria with 143,107,207 head. Pakistan ranked fourth with 119,766,000 head.

India holds 12.8 percent of the listed 2024 total. The top three together hold 30.2 percent of the 2,549,289,614-head listed total.

India Adds 25,006,374 Head as Sheep and Goats Stocks Grow 1.2 Percent

From 2023 to 2024 the common reporter universe (185 countries with data in both years) moved from 2,517,956,475 head to 2,549,289,614 head, a change of 31,333,139 head (1.2 percent). The totals listed for each year were 2,517,971,535 head (186 reporters) and 2,549,289,614 head (185 reporters); 1 country reporting in 2023 (15,060 head, Nicaragua) did not report in 2024, while no new reporters joined. India added 25,006,374 head (up 8.3 percent) and Ethiopia 15,035,998 head (up 18.8 percent), while China fell 21,832,700 head (down 6.8 percent) and Mongolia 6,616,276 head (down 12.2 percent).

India Adds 85,956,374 Head as Sheep and Goats Stocks Grow 7.1 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (184 countries with data in both years) rose from 2,380,675,852 head to 2,549,275,557 head, a change of 168,599,705 head (7.1 percent). The totals listed for each year were 2,381,670,913 head (186 reporters) and 2,549,289,614 head (185 reporters); 2 reporters present in 2020 (Palestine, 980,380 head, and Nicaragua, 14,681 head) are absent in 2024, while 1 new reporter added 14,057 head (Luxembourg). India added 85,956,374 head (up 35.9 percent), accounting for 51.0 percent of the increase, while Australia added 17,900,634 head (up 26.8 percent).

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#	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	India	239,300,000	251,400,000	274,146,000	300,250,000	325,256,374
2	China	306,547,800	319,693,200	326,272,600	322,325,700	300,493,000
3	Nigeria	131,965,547	135,264,686	138,348,138	140,750,090	143,107,207
4	Pakistan	109,432,000	111,921,000	114,472,000	117,085,000	119,766,000
5	Ethiopia	95,378,400	89,970,401	83,729,363	79,997,590	95,033,588
6	Chad	79,895,323	85,507,586	91,520,145	97,961,975	91,663,235
7	Australia	66,829,366	71,447,402	74,034,655	76,197,664	84,730,000
8	Sudan	73,174,256	72,198,082	70,800,000	71,405,779	72,584,582
9	Iran	63,250,731	72,135,000	73,891,000	73,577,102	71,928,303
10	Kenya	61,367,105	57,371,919	51,891,908	58,197,888	64,641,088
11	Mali	47,953,230	50,350,888	52,868,434	55,511,856	58,287,450
12	Türkiye	54,112,626	57,519,204	56,265,750	52,363,410	54,902,668
13	Mongolia	57,769,681	57,543,052	60,317,077	54,027,580	47,411,304
14	Tanzania	32,438,423	34,376,908	35,668,432	36,959,954	38,136,171
15	Niger	32,487,129	33,718,341	34,996,410	36,323,129	37,700,358
16	Algeria	35,813,728	36,155,487	36,669,578	36,932,109	37,426,354
17	Brazil	32,724,750	32,442,103	33,911,362	34,691,193	35,155,170
18	Indonesia	36,213,400	34,540,598	32,624,049	33,212,609	33,988,703
19	United Kingdom	32,809,000	33,068,000	33,284,748	31,913,536	31,127,701
20	Bangladesh	30,042,000	30,283,000	30,526,000	30,772,000	31,020,000
21	Saudi Arabia	23,600,000	23,631,210	28,583,878	29,417,682	30,186,702
22	South Sudan	32,549,564	28,405,666	31,007,942	30,654,391	30,022,666
23	South Africa	26,774,835	26,614,784	26,570,999	26,550,932	26,340,897
24	Morocco	28,049,400	28,933,872	27,673,967	26,503,865	25,602,441
25	Uzbekistan	22,458,800	22,970,300	23,602,500	24,117,900	24,623,200
26	New Zealand	26,125,351	25,849,555	25,221,125	24,447,695	23,671,429
27	Burkina Faso	22,545,000	21,898,043	22,084,364	22,272,689	22,362,379
28	Uganda	21,814,000	21,722,111	21,778,282	21,814,941	21,775,449
29	Yemen	19,428,897	20,400,340	20,919,700	21,056,784	21,166,876
30	Russia	22,617,572	21,659,914	20,959,337	20,831,200	20,799,302
31	Afghanistan	20,810,864	20,583,967	20,498,225	20,257,055	20,640,291
32	Kazakhstan	18,507,000	18,872,000	18,842,971	18,667,393	20,224,370
33	Syria	18,069,011	18,689,727	19,875,757	20,761,557	20,008,727
34	Somalia	22,794,643	22,002,710	21,203,048	20,299,963	19,289,035
35	Turkmenistan	18,744,851	18,863,419	18,961,532	19,005,649	19,049,844
36	Mauritania	17,819,635	18,335,836	18,369,632	18,330,037	18,357,922
37	Mexico	17,556,602	17,552,705	17,629,870	17,677,197	17,673,666
38	Argentina	19,267,596	17,628,814	16,416,836	16,736,705	16,562,752
39	Nepal	13,618,032	14,236,339	14,761,908	15,043,093	15,923,176
40	Spain	18,090,260	17,671,110	16,916,040	15,890,030	15,836,980
41	Ghana	13,724,000	14,106,000	14,555,711	15,247,386	15,758,577
42	Senegal	14,189,489	14,111,320	16,183,752	15,632,687	15,644,957
43	Malawi	11,093,632	11,478,097	12,643,338	13,422,367	14,227,331
44	Peru	12,898,808	12,697,277	12,978,334	13,047,672	13,027,346
45	Romania	11,893,300	11,579,900	11,730,600	11,721,200	11,869,500
46	Greece	10,870,800	10,826,000	10,339,300	10,830,300	10,351,000
47	Libya	10,022,880	10,015,390	10,046,909	10,228,859	10,217,811
48	Cameroon	9,946,310	10,008,069	10,155,832	10,200,802	10,184,214
49	Bolivia	9,879,101	9,914,756	9,874,109	9,756,321	9,744,173
50	Guinea	6,781,618	7,235,857	7,720,522	8,209,278	8,824,519
51	Ivory Coast	5,920,139	6,334,487	7,001,098	7,436,340	8,084,394
52	Iraq	8,076,254	8,130,516	8,185,341	8,240,736	8,025,615
53	Togo	6,447,891	6,928,276	7,444,964	7,889,639	7,989,417
54	France	8,412,690	8,382,400	8,099,000	8,142,000	7,946,000
55	United States	7,855,000	7,806,000	7,735,000	7,657,000	7,500,000
56	Azerbaijan	8,089,650	7,899,686	7,751,668	7,060,613	7,451,901
57	Tunisia	7,705,962	7,528,273	7,355,189	7,322,355	7,224,623
58	Central African Republic	6,503,319	6,547,887	6,641,204	6,708,335	6,645,575
59	Tajikistan	5,798,000	6,053,000	6,317,200	6,785,500	6,509,215
60	Benin	5,242,858	5,944,117	6,119,854	6,300,789	6,487,075
61	Zambia	4,240,832	4,448,099	4,716,420	5,877,084	6,341,529
62	Italy	8,099,870	7,789,100	7,578,000	7,477,000	6,301,350
63	Kyrgyzstan	6,278,736	6,278,104	6,200,961	6,216,125	6,280,326
64	Uruguay	6,355,134	6,248,265	6,182,317	5,945,418	5,672,790
65	Zimbabwe	5,930,907	6,092,311	6,603,889	6,976,805	5,629,946
66	Angola	5,178,020	5,377,409	5,383,034	5,396,121	5,411,168
67	Burundi	3,547,739	4,817,866	5,044,544	5,281,886	5,231,382
68	DR Congo	5,033,177	5,041,634	5,050,433	5,059,084	5,067,749
69	Eritrea	4,349,078	4,414,311	4,423,765	4,450,550	4,444,575
70	Mozambique	3,421,021	3,633,707	4,569,954	4,330,794	4,330,794
71	United Arab Emirates	4,453,837	4,358,520	4,307,945	4,247,553	4,288,128
72	North Korea	3,924,000	3,958,887	4,140,467	4,165,402	4,205,281
73	Jordan	3,765,038	3,889,201	3,694,927	4,379,912	3,956,147
74	Philippines	3,843,454	3,898,337	3,938,131	3,932,482	3,854,485
75	Namibia	2,914,635	2,836,852	4,245,765	3,836,971	3,707,649
76	Ireland	3,886,020	4,000,580	4,027,270	3,750,110	3,598,940
77	Oman	3,024,984	3,085,480	3,147,193	3,210,140	3,274,344
78	Vietnam	2,654,573	2,739,494	3,001,267	3,058,829	3,166,435
79	Egypt	2,861,000	3,069,000	3,376,000	3,091,000	3,090,000
80	Myanmar	2,584,600	2,679,400	2,842,000	2,840,000	2,840,000
81	Colombia	2,916,536	2,954,931	2,974,968	2,940,484	2,801,877
82	Madagascar	2,507,035	2,808,200	2,912,914	2,801,840	2,664,293
83	Lesotho	1,255,229	1,677,570	3,335,331	2,831,058	2,614,653
84	Portugal	2,672,140	2,657,910	2,621,330	2,552,320	2,461,100
85	Norway	2,362,743	2,334,109	2,323,400	2,246,000	2,203,600
86	Chile	2,375,299	2,272,374	2,288,073	2,282,354	2,168,405
87	Haiti	1,981,208	2,040,085	2,149,732	2,145,058	2,157,984
88	Cuba	2,172,100	2,149,800	2,046,300	2,039,800	2,024,728
89	Venezuela	2,203,611	2,225,360	2,029,657	1,990,576	1,966,329
90	Rwanda	2,166,171	2,077,229	1,844,888	1,846,464	1,913,021
91	Serbia	1,886,938	1,890,445	1,912,529	1,863,886	1,878,485
92	Albania	2,332,193	2,255,787	2,093,250	1,846,448	1,791,711
93	Sierra Leone	1,785,215	1,765,352	1,765,260	1,740,033	1,742,181
94	Germany	1,644,700	1,672,100	1,675,900	1,722,300	1,679,200
95	Botswana	1,475,035	1,473,470	1,411,440	1,354,605	1,354,536
96	Guinea-Bissau	1,282,664	1,273,095	1,283,337	1,293,316	1,303,004
97	Qatar	1,480,553	1,306,082	1,172,078	1,182,863	1,176,396
98	Bulgaria	1,561,170	1,414,550	1,280,420	1,247,720	1,166,700
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,085,763	1,078,338	1,041,634	1,054,562	1,161,061
100	Netherlands	1,267,000	1,304,000	1,293,000	1,231,000	1,159,000
101	Djibouti	987,984	988,992	989,135	989,843	990,551
102	Kuwait	939,960	968,290	987,539	953,630	958,187
103	Ukraine	1,204,500	1,140,400	1,094,300	941,400	906,300
104	Hungary	991,000	932,600	912,700	938,400	878,100
105	Canada	840,839	843,712	852,200	876,804	852,007
106	Laos	682,000	717,000	763,000	801,000	843,000
107	Lebanon	814,527	784,698	762,482	793,552	780,244
108	Georgia	891,600	946,500	956,800	914,000	761,700
109	Guatemala	710,844	724,066	727,439	733,031	727,334
110	Armenia	662,532	717,804	713,730	700,971	710,051
111	Croatia	748,000	740,000	725,000	625,000	621,000
112	Liberia	625,168	621,474	620,475	619,804	619,135
113	North Macedonia	725,642	709,034	726,674	672,601	615,046
114	Jamaica	567,062	580,285	588,552	596,324	604,097
115	Cyprus	587,440	607,670	597,810	587,450	593,290
116	Moldova	616,400	573,775	556,311	549,929	561,738
117	Eswatini	544,354	543,263	545,288	547,335	549,929
118	Gambia	555,215	569,928	585,139	522,304	541,607
119	Thailand	507,785	508,324	513,667	519,465	525,455
120	Israel	616,293	636,000	694,500	614,127	509,307
121	Paraguay	416,307	419,528	610,794	520,330	488,778
122	Austria	486,520	502,950	499,680	488,810	486,750
123	Malaysia	449,029	460,763	473,657	479,289	483,603
124	Ecuador	510,627	586,677	575,749	590,590	475,913
125	Dominican Republic	491,846	493,380	485,152	475,860	463,424
126	Switzerland	423,090	431,157	438,206	443,631	461,035
127	Congo	449,379	450,254	450,394	450,918	451,441
128	Sri Lanka	345,720	373,750	377,990	363,430	369,270
129	Iceland	402,345	386,866	367,165	356,821	347,328
130	Gabon	328,071	335,260	336,764	338,468	338,541
131	Poland	322,054	319,368	328,950	331,389	333,030
132	Sweden	379,740	360,770	352,840	350,550	327,790
133	Fiji	306,437	310,613	314,933	320,072	324,138
134	South Korea	315,982	310,906	308,532	314,201	318,224
135	Slovakia	329,252	320,918	321,630	311,849	302,614
136	Guyana	214,185	214,295	214,404	214,547	214,691
137	Czech Republic	232,531	208,554	198,810	207,915	207,945
138	Timor-Leste	223,676	244,429	255,409	197,275	184,192
139	Montenegro	204,403	194,950	190,512	184,046	171,749
140	Cape Verde	150,505	154,423	158,447	162,580	166,824
141	Denmark	153,839	153,987	150,790	170,705	165,964
142	Comoros	146,963	147,310	147,369	147,142	147,481
143	Slovenia	139,414	144,951	143,160	143,147	141,950
144	Lithuania	155,300	151,600	150,630	141,860	137,900
145	Taiwan	130,753	126,228	116,656	107,452	122,471
146	Belarus	144,300	136,000	130,700	126,000	122,000
147	Finland	146,200	137,000	138,380	127,900	120,572
148	Bahrain	81,000	85,000	86,700	88,100	87,500
149	Costa Rica	69,865	76,912	81,703	80,408	80,850
150	Faroe Islands	77,768	78,924	77,849	78,888	79,941
151	Latvia	103,370	101,740	99,000	88,640	78,700
152	Bhutan	54,912	70,271	66,028	70,209	64,995
153	Equatorial Guinea	50,842	51,002	51,217	51,429	51,641
154	Estonia	72,600	69,900	67,100	58,800	49,300
155	Honduras	40,710	40,907	41,193	41,414	41,656
156	Grenada	31,868	36,277	35,742	35,000	35,096
157	Japan	30,086	30,062	30,645	31,091	31,617
158	Trinidad and Tobago	30,771	29,870	28,809	30,845	28,158
159	Mauritius	30,408	27,176	25,975	29,674	28,089
160	Saint Lucia	23,390	23,709	23,441	23,784	23,937
161	Bahamas	21,558	21,647	21,643	21,678	21,721
162	Malta	18,680	18,370	20,990	20,550	21,230
163	Antigua and Barbuda	27,997	24,812	21,991	20,232	19,473
164	El Salvador	19,922	20,031	19,779	19,534	19,322
165	Saint Kitts and Nevis	15,012	15,128	21,000	22,676	19,114
166	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18,991	19,002	18,946	18,950	18,954
167	Barbados	18,244	18,399	18,340	18,355	18,373
168	Dominica	17,994	18,059	18,115	18,168	18,222
169	Belize	15,510	16,180	16,402	16,696	16,991
170	Puerto Rico	17,555	18,540	20,050	20,001	16,327
171	French Polynesia	16,439	16,349	16,258	16,182	16,106
172	Tonga	14,402	14,651	14,454	14,636	14,826
173	Luxembourg	-	-	14,090	13,267	14,057
174	Suriname	9,737	10,503	10,935	11,560	11,008
175	Vanuatu	11,098	9,094	8,226	6,178	10,769
176	Papua New Guinea	10,383	10,448	10,422	10,441	10,459
177	Sao Tome and Principe	9,382	9,428	9,463	9,525	9,588
178	Panama	8,840	8,885	8,915	8,957	8,998
179	Brunei	10,350	8,511	8,526	7,958	7,428
180	Seychelles	5,721	5,748	5,781	5,814	5,847
181	Micronesia	4,752	4,876	4,792	4,857	4,926
182	Cook Islands	4,347	4,257	4,178	4,100	4,053
183	New Caledonia	4,212	3,854	3,597	3,630	3,303
184	Singapore	730	720	733	742	754
185	Hong Kong	726	711	706	705	704
186	Belgium	-	-	185,480	-	-
187	Nicaragua	14,681	14,881	14,951	15,060	-
188	Palestine	980,380	1,011,134	1,031,257	-	-

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products stocks quantity (Element 5111) for item Sheep and Goats, 2020-2024. For sheep and goats stocks, quantities are shown as whole head. The 2024 sheep and goats stocks ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities. In the sheep and goats stocks data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For sheep and goats stocks changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Stocks record the standing herd, not a production flow. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.