Australia vs Northern Africa: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time
- Australia
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 71.10 million An against 41.62 million An in Australia, a difference of 29.48 million An.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.7 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and Northern Africa ranks 11th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Northern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.27 million An | 17.93 million An | 16.33 million An | Australia |
| 1970s | 35.61 million An | 24.23 million An | 11.37 million An | Australia |
| 1980s | 30.04 million An | 29.52 million An | 517,400 An | Australia |
| 1990s | 32.44 million An | 45.80 million An | 13.36 million An | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 32.31 million An | 70.82 million An | 38.51 million An | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 31.05 million An | 72.79 million An | 41.74 million An | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 32.84 million An | 72.13 million An | 39.29 million An | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, Australia or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 71.10 million An against 41.62 million An in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered between Australia and Northern Africa?
- 29.48 million An, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Northern Africa rank globally for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia ranks 8th and Northern Africa ranks 11th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.