Goats: number of animals by country
Goats: the number of live animals kept in each country. Which countries have the most?
#1 India (211M animals), #2 China (118M animals), #3 Nigeria (91M animals). The last place is Belize (193 animals).
How to read this number
The number of live animals in the country, from the FAO’s livestock “stocks” statistics. Item: Goats.
Only countries with animals counted above zero are listed; countries with none, or with no FAO figure, are not ranked. Counting methods and dates differ by country, and many figures are FAO estimates. This is the number of animals, not the amount of meat, milk or eggs they produce.
- Countries listed: 180 (of 193)
- Data years: 2022–2024 (differs by country)
- 175 countries use 2024 data
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Ranking table
Sorted from the highest value
| Rank | Country | Goats: number of animals | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India |
210,632,609 animals | 2024 | |
| 2 |  China |
117,554,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 3 |  Nigeria |
90,970,883 animals | 2024 | |
| 4 |  Pakistan |
87,035,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 5 |  Ethiopia |
53,982,678 animals | 2024 | |
| 6 |  Chad |
46,494,274 animals | 2024 | |
| 7 |  Kenya |
38,426,161 animals | 2024 | |
| 8 |  Mali |
33,803,901 animals | 2024 | |
| 9 |  Sudan |
31,879,279 animals | 2024 | |
| 10 |  Tanzania |
28,630,227 animals | 2024 | |
| 11 |  Bangladesh |
27,117,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 12 |  Mongolia |
22,920,180 animals | 2024 | |
| 13 |  Niger |
22,031,302 animals | 2024 | |
| 14 |  Indonesia |
18,851,413 animals | 2024 | |
| 15 |  Iran |
18,107,525 animals | 2024 | |
| 16 |  Uganda |
17,401,773 animals | 2024 | |
| 17 |  South Sudan |
15,668,794 animals | 2024 | |
| 18 |  Nepal |
15,289,954 animals | 2024 | |
| 19 |  Malawi |
13,790,630 animals | 2024 | |
| 20 |  Brazil |
13,292,844 animals | 2024 | |
| 21 |  Somalia |
11,301,103 animals | 2024 | |
| 22 |  Türkiye |
10,822,084 animals | 2024 | |
| 23 |  Burkina Faso |
10,818,808 animals | 2024 | |
| 24 |  Yemen |
10,367,015 animals | 2024 | |
| 25 |  Ghana |
9,581,913 animals | 2024 | |
| 26 |  Mexico |
8,807,414 animals | 2024 | |
| 27 |  Afghanistan |
8,190,291 animals | 2024 | |
| 28 |  Saudi Arabia |
7,758,566 animals | 2024 | |
| 29 |  Mauritania |
7,149,823 animals | 2024 | |
| 30 |  Senegal |
6,918,321 animals | 2024 | |
| 31 |  Cameroon |
6,632,453 animals | 2024 | |
| 32 |  Central African Republic |
6,193,443 animals | 2024 | |
| 33 |  Zambia |
6,011,286 animals | 2024 | |
| 34 |  Togo |
5,960,087 animals | 2024 | |
| 35 |  Morocco |
5,709,531 animals | 2024 | |
| 36 |  Côte d’Ivoire |
5,447,608 animals | 2024 | |
| 37 |  Australia |
5,400,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 38 |  South Africa |
5,100,449 animals | 2024 | |
| 39 |  Algeria |
5,071,523 animals | 2024 | |
| 40 |  Zimbabwe |
4,883,669 animals | 2024 | |
| 41 |  Guinea |
4,829,211 animals | 2024 | |
| 42 |  Turkmenistan |
4,779,099 animals | 2024 | |
| 43 |  Burundi |
4,523,288 animals | 2024 | |
| 44 |  Angola |
4,270,675 animals | 2024 | |
| 45 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
4,147,239 animals | 2024 | |
| 46 |  Argentina |
4,121,846 animals | 2024 | |
| 47 |  Mozambique |
4,101,030 animals | 2024 | |
| 48 |  North Korea |
4,040,502 animals | 2024 | |
| 49 |  Benin |
3,839,654 animals | 2024 | |
| 50 |  Philippines |
3,824,485 animals | 2024 | |
| 51 |  Uzbekistan |
3,595,100 animals | 2024 | |
| 52 |  Vietnam |
3,166,435 animals | 2024 | |
| 53 |  Libya |
2,726,038 animals | 2024 | |
| 54 |  Oman |
2,592,694 animals | 2024 | |
| 55 |  Greece |
2,576,800 animals | 2024 | |
| 56 |  United States |
2,470,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 57 |  Spain |
2,360,950 animals | 2024 | |
| 58 |  Myanmar |
2,300,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 59 |  Bolivia |
2,273,735 animals | 2024 | |
| 60 |  United Arab Emirates |
2,242,959 animals | 2024 | |
| 61 |  Tajikistan |
2,226,215 animals | 2024 | |
| 62 |  Syria |
2,080,141 animals | 2024 | |
| 63 |  Eritrea |
1,935,590 animals | 2024 | |
| 64 |  Haiti |
1,846,861 animals | 2024 | |
| 65 |  Namibia |
1,785,997 animals | 2024 | |
| 66 |  Peru |
1,749,263 animals | 2024 | |
| 67 |  Madagascar |
1,738,386 animals | 2024 | |
| 68 |  Russia |
1,687,316 animals | 2024 | |
| 69 |  Kazakhstan |
1,678,326 animals | 2024 | |
| 70 |  Rwanda |
1,624,105 animals | 2024 | |
| 71 |  Romania |
1,426,100 animals | 2024 | |
| 72 |  Iraq |
1,353,075 animals | 2024 | |
| 73 |  France |
1,339,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 74 |  Venezuela |
1,336,543 animals | 2024 | |
| 75 |  Botswana |
1,205,792 animals | 2024 | |
| 76 |  Egypt |
1,140,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 77 |  Tunisia |
1,129,662 animals | 2024 | |
| 78 |  Colombia |
1,112,002 animals | 2024 | |
| 79 |  Italy |
911,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 80 |  Jordan |
880,126 animals | 2024 | |
| 81 |  Laos |
843,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 82 |  Guinea-Bissau |
830,966 animals | 2024 | |
| 83 |  Sierra Leone |
807,401 animals | 2024 | |
| 84 |  Lesotho |
700,831 animals | 2024 | |
| 85 |  Cuba |
667,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 86 |  Kyrgyzstan |
659,048 animals | 2024 | |
| 87 |  Albania |
615,188 animals | 2024 | |
| 88 |  Jamaica |
602,785 animals | 2024 | |
| 89 |  Netherlands |
552,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 90 |  Eswatini |
531,407 animals | 2024 | |
| 91 |  Djibouti |
520,013 animals | 2024 | |
| 92 |  Thailand |
483,791 animals | 2024 | |
| 93 |  Chile |
418,405 animals | 2024 | |
| 94 |  Ukraine |
418,300 animals | 2024 | |
| 95 |  Azerbaijan |
410,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 96 |  Qatar |
371,701 animals | 2024 | |
| 97 |  Sri Lanka |
351,450 animals | 2024 | |
| 98 |  Gambia |
350,728 animals | 2024 | |
| 99 |  Lebanon |
349,391 animals | 2024 | |
| 100 |  Malaysia |
344,210 animals | 2024 | |
| 101 |  Liberia |
337,439 animals | 2024 | |
| 102 |  Republic of the Congo |
325,484 animals | 2024 | |
| 103 |  Portugal |
318,650 animals | 2024 | |
| 104 |  South Korea |
316,833 animals | 2024 | |
| 105 |  Fiji |
284,591 animals | 2024 | |
| 106 |  Cyprus |
228,540 animals | 2024 | |
| 107 |  Kuwait |
220,640 animals | 2024 | |
| 108 |  Dominican Republic |
201,472 animals | 2024 | |
| 109 |  Germany |
168,300 animals | 2024 | |
| 110 |  Bulgaria |
150,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 111 |  Cape Verde |
147,123 animals | 2024 | |
| 112 |  Timor-Leste |
145,192 animals | 2024 | |
| 113 |  Moldova |
138,130 animals | 2024 | |
| 114 |  Comoros |
121,233 animals | 2024 | |
| 115 |  Serbia |
119,061 animals | 2024 | |
| 116 |  Gabon |
117,387 animals | 2024 | |
| 117 |  Paraguay |
117,040 animals | 2024 | |
| 118 |  Guatemala |
116,005 animals | 2024 | |
| 119 |  United Kingdom |
111,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 120 |  Israel |
109,307 animals | 2024 | |
| 121 |  North Macedonia |
97,918 animals | 2024 | |
| 122 |  Austria |
95,810 animals | 2024 | |
| 123 |  New Zealand |
88,428 animals | 2024 | |
| 124 |  Switzerland |
86,796 animals | 2024 | |
| 125 |  Guyana |
82,529 animals | 2024 | |
| 126 |  Costa Rica |
77,954 animals | 2024 | |
| 127 |  Belgium |
75,360 animals | 2022 | |
| 128 |  Norway |
75,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 129 |  Croatia |
68,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 130 |  Poland |
63,492 animals | 2024 | |
| 131 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
62,162 animals | 2024 | |
| 132 |  Bhutan |
55,819 animals | 2024 | |
| 133 |  Georgia |
49,300 animals | 2024 | |
| 134 |  Belarus |
48,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 135 |  Hungary |
31,300 animals | 2024 | |
| 136 |  Canada |
30,007 animals | 2024 | |
| 137 |  Czechia |
27,577 animals | 2024 | |
| 138 |  Ecuador |
27,531 animals | 2024 | |
| 139 |  Montenegro |
26,833 animals | 2024 | |
| 140 |  Grenada |
25,457 animals | 2024 | |
| 141 |  Slovenia |
25,125 animals | 2024 | |
| 142 |  Honduras |
24,684 animals | 2024 | |
| 143 |  Bahrain |
24,500 animals | 2024 | |
| 144 |  Mauritius |
23,038 animals | 2024 | |
| 145 |  Slovakia |
20,500 animals | 2022 | |
| 146 |  Armenia |
19,486 animals | 2024 | |
| 147 |  Uruguay |
18,520 animals | 2024 | |
| 148 |  Denmark |
18,280 animals | 2022 | |
| 149 |  Japan |
16,466 animals | 2024 | |
| 150 |  Bahamas |
15,132 animals | 2024 | |
| 151 |  Antigua & Barbuda |
15,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 152 |  Tonga |
14,826 animals | 2024 | |
| 153 |  St. Lucia |
14,792 animals | 2024 | |
| 154 |  El Salvador |
13,745 animals | 2024 | |
| 155 |  Lithuania |
13,490 animals | 2024 | |
| 156 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
12,687 animals | 2024 | |
| 157 |  Sweden |
12,000 animals | 2022 | |
| 158 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines |
10,458 animals | 2024 | |
| 159 |  Equatorial Guinea |
9,955 animals | 2024 | |
| 160 |  Dominica |
9,706 animals | 2024 | |
| 161 |  Vanuatu |
9,509 animals | 2024 | |
| 162 |  Latvia |
9,060 animals | 2024 | |
| 163 |  Panama |
8,998 animals | 2024 | |
| 164 |  Nicaragua |
8,129 animals | 2023 | |
| 165 |  St. Kitts & Nevis |
8,121 animals | 2024 | |
| 166 |  Ireland |
7,300 animals | 2024 | |
| 167 |  Malta |
6,670 animals | 2024 | |
| 168 |  São Tomé & Príncipe |
6,201 animals | 2024 | |
| 169 |  Seychelles |
5,847 animals | 2024 | |
| 170 |  Barbados |
5,655 animals | 2024 | |
| 171 |  Finland |
5,140 animals | 2024 | |
| 172 |  Micronesia |
4,926 animals | 2024 | |
| 173 |  Luxembourg |
4,422 animals | 2024 | |
| 174 |  Suriname |
4,382 animals | 2024 | |
| 175 |  Estonia |
3,200 animals | 2024 | |
| 176 |  Papua New Guinea |
3,150 animals | 2024 | |
| 177 |  Brunei |
3,072 animals | 2024 | |
| 178 |  Iceland |
1,888 animals | 2024 | |
| 179 |  Singapore |
754 animals | 2024 | |
| 180 |  Belize |
193 animals | 2024 |
No matching countries.
Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.
Data is available for 180 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat
How it has changed (1961–2024)
See how goats number of animals has changed across the world’s countries from 1961 to 2024.
- The country ranked first changed over time: India in 1961, China in 1962–1964, India in 1965–1994, China in 1995–2006, India in 2007, China in 2008–2012, India in 2013–2015, China in 2016, India in 2017–2024.
- Japan’s goats number of animals went from 595K animals in 1961 to 16.5K animals in 2024 (down 578K animals).
- Japan ranked #52 of 145 countries in 1961 and #146 of 175 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
| Country | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 60.9M animals | 66.5M animals | 86.9M animals | 113M animals | 124M animals | 137M animals | 153M animals | 211M animals |
| China | 51.2M animals | 60.5M animals | 80.6M animals | 96.2M animals | 148M animals | 142M animals | 133M animals | 118M animals |
| Nigeria | 623K animals | 3.15M animals | 11.3M animals | 23.3M animals | 42.5M animals | 56.5M animals | 84M animals | 91M animals |
| Pakistan | 8.8M animals | 13.2M animals | 25M animals | 35.4M animals | 47.4M animals | 59.9M animals | 78.2M animals | 87M animals |
| Ethiopia | – | – | – | – | 8.6M animals | 22.8M animals | 52.5M animals | 54M animals |
| Japan | 595K animals | 192K animals | 67K animals | 34.5K animals | 35K animals | 15K animals | 16.7K animals | 16.5K animals |
| Countries with data | 145 | 145 | 146 | 146 | 174 | 176 | 175 | 175 |
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