The world’s sheep stocks thousand heads)
Country
|
1988
|
1989
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
Share (%)
1995 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia
|
152,443
|
161,603
|
170,297
|
163,238
|
148,203
|
138,102
|
132,609
|
120,651
|
11.1
|
Soviet Union
|
140,783
|
140,700
|
138,400
|
134,000
|
52,195a)
|
48,182a)
|
40,700a)
|
31,767a)
|
2.9a)
|
China
|
102,655
|
110,571
|
113,508
|
112,820
|
110,855
|
109,720
|
11,619
|
117,446
|
10.8
|
India
|
51,684
|
53,486
|
54,588
|
55,739
|
44,407
|
44,608
|
44,809
|
45,000
|
4.1
|
Rep. of South Africa
|
29,640
|
30,935
|
32,665
|
32,580
|
30,955
|
28,930
|
29,134
|
28,784
|
2.6
|
Great Britain
|
27,820
|
29,046
|
29,521
|
29,954
|
29,493
|
29,333
|
29,484
|
29,484
|
2.7
|
Argentina
|
29,167
|
29,345
|
28,571
|
27,552
|
25,706
|
23,500
|
22,409
|
1,780
|
2.0
|
Spain
|
23,798
|
22,739
|
24,037
|
24,500
|
24,615
|
23,872
|
23,058
|
23,900
|
2.2
|
Brazil
|
20,085
|
20,041
|
20,015
|
20,300
|
19,956
|
20,000
|
20,500
|
21,000
|
1.9
|
Hungary
|
2,216
|
2,069
|
1,865
|
1,808
|
1,752
|
1,252
|
947
|
977
|
0.1
|
World total
|
1,162,227
|
1,186,182
|
1,201,197
|
1,184,169
|
1,133,372
|
1,104,493
|
1,094,702
|
1,087,169
|
100.0
|