Australia vs USSR: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Australia
41.62 million An
in 2024
USSR
59.57 million An
in 1991
Australia rank
8th
USSR rank
6th

Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Australia
  • USSR
20.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M196119922024

How they compare

USSR currently reports 59.57 million An against 41.62 million An in Australia, a difference of 17.95 million An.

That makes USSR's figure about 1.4 times Australia's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 8th and USSR ranks 6th of 186 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 34.27 million An 71.38 million An 37.12 million An USSR
1970s 35.61 million An 59.22 million An 23.61 million An USSR
1980s 30.04 million An 57.39 million An 27.35 million An USSR
1990s 34.07 million An 62.34 million An 28.26 million An USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, Australia or USSR?
USSR, at 59.57 million An against 41.62 million An in Australia as of 1991.
What is the difference in sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered between Australia and USSR?
17.95 million An, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Australia and USSR rank globally for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
Australia ranks 8th and USSR ranks 6th 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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Indicator
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,604 data points, 1961–2024
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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.