Sheep and goat population in all categories of farms, 2015–2024
at year-end; in all types of farms; thousand heads
Nineteen million one hundred thirty-seven point seventy-two thousand sheep and goats were recorded in Russia at the end of 2024, reflecting the overall industry trend over ten years. Rows provide data for the country as a whole, federal districts, and specific constituent entities, enabling comparisons of livestock production across territories. All data are presented in thousands of head for all categories of farms and cover the period from 2015 to 2024
- Voronezh Region
- Northwestern Federal District
- Kursk Region
- Belgorod Region
- Belgorod Region
- Tula Region
- Tambov Region
- Moscow Region
- Oryol Region
- Ryazan Region
Chart of sheep and goat population by Russian regions, 2015–2024, thousands of head
Who grew, who fell: 2015 → 2024
See also
- Barley yield in Russia by year long time series by year
- Cattle population in Russia by year long time series by year
- Grain harvest in Russia by year long time series by year
- Number of cows in Russia by year long time series by year
- Sunflower yield in Russia by year long time series by year
- Wheat harvest in Russia by year long time series by year
- Wheat yield in Russia by year long time series by year
Set in numbers
Rosstat data for 2015–2024. Rows: 95, periods: 6. Unit of measurement — at year-end; in all categories of farms; thousand head. Breakdown: Russian Federation; Central Federal District; Belgorod Region; Bryansk Region; Vladimir Region and others
Russian Federation: indicator decreased from 24,606 to 19,138 over 2015–2024 — by 22.2%. Highest value — 24,606 (2015), lowest — 19,138 (2024). This averages 2.75% annual decline. Up to 2022, the change was −15.3%, after — −8.13%. Of the 25 largest rows, 3 increased, 22 decreased
All table numbers are series: 95
| Series | 2015 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Российская Федерация | 24 606,49 | 21 659,91 | 20 959,34 | 20 831,20 | 20 270,50 | 19 137,72 |
| Центральный федеральный округ | 1 166,28 | 1 034,11 | 1 003,42 | 976,24 | 886,26 | 773,95 |
| Белгородская область | 98,70 | 70,03 | 67,96 | 60,19 | 53,48 | 48,85 |
| Брянская область | 31,13 | 25,68 | 23,68 | 21,81 | 21,34 | 20,08 |
| Владимирская область | 24,83 | 20,92 | 20,08 | 23,06 | 22,04 | 20,74 |
| Воронежская область | 244,56 | 210,90 | 192,22 | 177,84 | 139,41 | 122,61 |
| Ивановская область | 23,01 | 27,47 | 25,53 | 21,77 | 19,51 | 17,73 |
| Калужская область | 42,09 | 39,78 | 37,79 | 36,26 | 30,65 | 29,27 |
| Костромская область | 20,17 | 11,91 | 11,06 | 11,84 | 10,93 | 11,12 |
| Курская область | 117,50 | 137,48 | 144,57 | 149,06 | 152,52 | 148,50 |
| Липецкая область | 87,32 | 74,31 | 71,32 | 70,14 | 67,32 | 61,22 |
| Московская область | 56,21 | 74,90 | 74,76 | 76,27 | 71,88 | 63,50 |
| Орловская область | 66,66 | 53,89 | 48,81 | 46,30 | 41,79 | 40,52 |
| Рязанская область | 59,15 | 49,62 | 47,89 | 46,71 | 44,04 | 40,74 |
| Смоленская область | 32,13 | 24,50 | 24,34 | 23,72 | 20,54 | 20,70 |
| Тамбовская область | 76,75 | 65,77 | 58,84 | 54,02 | 49,12 | 43,10 |
| Тверская область | 51,33 | 37,94 | 33,31 | 31,58 | 29,89 | 28,05 |
| Тульская область | 65,80 | 63,27 | 75,37 | 78,92 | 70,75 | 33,22 |
| Ярославская область | 33,53 | 29,42 | 28,21 | 29,27 | 26,27 | 23,22 |
| г. Москва | 35,41 | 16,31 | 17,70 | 17,48 | 14,78 | 0,80 |
| Северо-Западный федеральный округ | 226,16 | 188,47 | 178,16 | 172,41 | 165,90 | 158,00 |
| Республика Карелия | 5,57 | 4,41 | 4,32 | 4,22 | 4,01 | 3,54 |
| Республика Коми | 14,60 | 10,53 | 9,81 | 8,91 | 8,35 | 7,90 |
| Архангельская область | 11,71 | 5,79 | 5,62 | 4,95 | 4,99 | 4,15 |
| Архангельская область — Ненецкий автономный округ | 0,09 | 0,07 | 0,09 | 0,03 | 0,14 | 0,14 |
| Архангельская область без автономного округа | 11,63 | 5,72 | 5,53 | 4,92 | 4,85 | 4,01 |
| Вологодская область | 16,58 | 10,22 | 8,91 | 8,55 | 7,67 | 5,58 |
| Калининградская область | 88,22 | 75,49 | 69,55 | 67,51 | 68,13 | 69,04 |
| Ленинградская область | 28,80 | 31,06 | 32,87 | 33,08 | 33,63 | 32,06 |
| Мурманская область | 0,76 | 0,50 | 0,46 | 0,42 | 0,38 | 0,37 |
| Новгородская область | 22,55 | 18,12 | 17,18 | 17,26 | 16,04 | 13,75 |
| Псковская область | 37,37 | 32,35 | 29,45 | 27,52 | 22,70 | 21,62 |
| Южный федеральный округ | 6 827,19 | 5 701,46 | 5 274,94 | 5 211,88 | 5 080,97 | 4 875,96 |
| Республика Адыгея | 47,09 | 62,23 | 64,50 | 63,17 | 64,80 | 58,83 |
| Республика Калмыкия | 2 711,96 | 1 933,28 | 1 552,74 | 1 523,51 | 1 481,93 | 1 410,75 |
| Республика Крым | 172,85 | 174,13 | 164,79 | 164,05 | 154,33 | 140,14 |
| Краснодарский край | 207,86 | 220,96 | 222,67 | 226,93 | 222,41 | 221,17 |
| Астраханская область | 1 462,28 | 1 278,98 | 1 283,51 | 1 292,84 | 1 293,07 | 1 293,24 |
| Волгоградская область | 1 007,04 | 1 001,23 | 1 003,11 | 1 003,88 | 1 004,74 | 971,82 |
| Ростовская область | 1 216,96 | 1 029,72 | 982,69 | 936,56 | 859,22 | 778,41 |
| г. Севастополь | 1,14 | 0,93 | 0,94 | 0,94 | 0,47 | 1,60 |
| Северо-Кавказский федеральный округ | 9 229,72 | 8 099,29 | 8 136,76 | 8 311,81 | 8 394,11 | 8 254,73 |
| Республика Дагестан | 5 306,34 | 4 533,84 | 4 652,41 | 4 778,38 | 4 855,29 | 4 852,48 |
| Республика Ингушетия | 134,16 | 292,91 | 308,56 | 340,05 | 353,24 | 354,34 |
| Кабардино-Балкарская Республика | 380,60 | 393,14 | 404,24 | 411,85 | 470,55 | 477,41 |
| Карачаево-Черкесская Республика | 1 143,42 | 1 109,67 | 1 160,21 | 1 166,68 | 1 167,50 | 1 109,35 |
| Республика Северная Осетия - Алания | 71,42 | 110,87 | 123,15 | 124,08 | 99,31 | 80,55 |
| Чеченская Республика | 236,22 | 284,53 | 292,69 | 297,49 | 307,20 | 308,58 |
| Ставропольский край | 1 957,57 | 1 374,34 | 1 195,50 | 1 193,29 | 1 141,02 | 1 072,03 |
| Приволжский федеральный округ | 2 936,26 | 2 604,94 | 2 467,97 | 2 390,82 | 2 301,72 | 2 111,73 |
| Республика Башкортостан | 836,10 | 642,11 | 581,62 | 564,25 | 538,54 | 491,19 |
| Республика Марий Эл | 40,53 | 34,51 | 29,74 | 26,62 | 24,40 | 21,16 |
| Республика Мордовия | 42,50 | 35,57 | 33,26 | 31,06 | 27,50 | 25,84 |
| Республика Татарстан | 356,32 | 316,28 | 310,12 | 300,81 | 295,70 | 281,44 |
| Удмуртская Республика | 76,54 | 53,39 | 52,96 | 48,22 | 48,31 | 41,04 |
| Чувашская Республика | 180,26 | 160,18 | 156,26 | 150,01 | 142,69 | 138,59 |
| Пермский край | 81,94 | 57,93 | 51,06 | 45,76 | 43,13 | 35,27 |
| Кировская область | 44,43 | 40,91 | 35,89 | 34,81 | 29,95 | 26,85 |
| Нижегородская область | 72,26 | 67,84 | 65,89 | 67,67 | 63,86 | 63,39 |
| Оренбургская область | 335,24 | 308,41 | 293,38 | 295,47 | 300,63 | 296,45 |
| Пензенская область | 117,72 | 95,09 | 81,99 | 82,28 | 79,76 | 77,88 |
| Самарская область | 154,95 | 155,53 | 150,43 | 154,28 | 153,17 | 133,30 |
| Саратовская область | 522,29 | 557,78 | 555,05 | 528,07 | 501,11 | 440,04 |
| Ульяновская область | 75,18 | 79,40 | 70,31 | 61,51 | 52,99 | 39,28 |
| Уральский федеральный округ | 503,53 | 437,87 | 423,68 | 417,58 | 402,78 | 392,10 |
| Курганская область | 138,28 | 108,67 | 105,93 | 106,07 | 103,45 | 106,04 |
| Свердловская область | 60,49 | 52,49 | 52,42 | 57,25 | 49,54 | 50,00 |
| Тюменская область | 147,33 | 137,13 | 133,51 | 129,39 | 131,23 | 125,11 |
| Тюменская область — Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ – Югра | 5,77 | 4,11 | 4,39 | 4,02 | 3,88 | 3,23 |
| Тюменская область — Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ | 0,07 | 0,03 | 0,06 | 0,07 | 0,10 | 0,35 |
| Тюменская область без автономных округов | 141,49 | 132,98 | 129,06 | 125,31 | 127,25 | 121,53 |
| Челябинская область | 157,44 | 139,58 | 131,83 | 124,87 | 118,56 | 110,95 |
| Сибирский федеральный округ | 2 918,16 | 2 807,91 | 2 704,77 | 2 627,99 | 2 347,59 | 1 959,93 |
| Республика Алтай | 553,70 | 379,10 | 372,54 | 368,93 | 337,27 | 305,43 |
| Республика Тыва | 1 071,56 | 1 221,86 | 1 214,12 | 1 171,01 | 983,93 | 696,68 |
| Республика Хакасия | 299,50 | 333,18 | 343,06 | 345,67 | 330,29 | 313,70 |
| Алтайский край | 243,49 | 187,12 | 169,87 | 163,49 | 148,58 | 132,37 |
| Красноярский край | 80,06 | 73,65 | 56,27 | 47,20 | 42,08 | 37,84 |
| Иркутская область | 100,30 | 99,03 | 99,05 | 98,15 | 93,07 | 83,04 |
| Кемеровская область | 85,42 | 72,24 | 67,29 | 56,71 | 51,04 | 44,06 |
| Новосибирская область | 209,73 | 202,98 | 154,69 | 149,84 | 141,16 | 131,36 |
| Омская область | 245,26 | 214,58 | 206,66 | 208,08 | 202,85 | 197,73 |
| Томская область | 29,15 | 24,17 | 21,22 | 18,92 | 17,32 | 17,74 |
| Дальневосточный федеральный округ | 799,21 | 785,87 | 769,64 | 722,48 | 691,18 | 611,33 |
| Республика Бурятия | 259,83 | 279,96 | 298,89 | 296,32 | 301,49 | 291,64 |
| Республика Саха (Якутия) | 1,65 | 1,49 | 1,60 | 1,46 | 1,41 | 1,27 |
| Забайкальский край | 468,43 | 445,72 | 415,47 | 373,44 | 340,77 | 272,25 |
| Камчатский край | 2,94 | 2,72 | 2,61 | 2,30 | 2,29 | 1,91 |
| Приморский край | 31,92 | 27,96 | 25,67 | 24,60 | 22,97 | 21,93 |
| Хабаровский край | 6,65 | 6,79 | 6,14 | 5,65 | 5,37 | 6,37 |
| Амурская область | 20,09 | 12,52 | 10,61 | 10,18 | 8,24 | 8,57 |
| Магаданская область | 0,38 | 0,60 | 0,51 | 0,41 | 0,53 | 0,47 |
| Сахалинская область | 4,12 | 4,75 | 4,53 | 4,64 | 4,51 | 4,49 |
| Еврейская автономная область | 3,20 | 3,35 | 3,62 | 3,47 | 3,60 | 2,44 |
| Чукотский автономный округ | 0,01 | 0,01 | 0,01 | 0,01 | 0,01 | 0,01 |
How to read this table
The regional distribution of the population shows where agricultural production is concentrated and where animal numbers are lowest. Comparing rows helps assess the contribution of specific regions, such as Belgorod Oblast, to the national total. Yearly columns show changes in livestock numbers at the end of each reporting period, which is essential for analyzing industry trends across federal districts and the entire Russian Federation
What is visible in these numbers
Top five values: Russian Federation (24,606), Central Federal District (1,166), Voronezh Region (244.6), Northwestern Federal District (226.2), Kursk Region (152.5). Gap between highest and lowest — by 170,878 times. The top five account for 96.8% of the total across all positions — distribution is heavily skewed toward the top
Observations are annual, with 6 observation periods in the dataset. There are 150 values in the table out of 150 possible, which is 100% — almost no empty cells remain
The same indicator for other periods
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Period and application
Data are updated annually as reports are received from agricultural organizations and private households. This information is useful for farmers, economists, and analysts assessing the state of livestock farming in each constituent entity. All presented statistics cover the period from 2015 to 2024 and are prepared by Rosstat based on the complete enumeration of livestock across all categories of farms, including private plots and farm enterprises
How it is calculated
Table notes: Including the city of Saint Petersburg
1) Включая г. Санкт-Петербург.
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