Ethiopia vs Sudan (former): Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Ethiopia
31.16 million An
in 2024
Sudan (former)
38.72 million An
in 2011
Ethiopia rank
10th
Sudan (former) rank
9th

Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Sudan (former)
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How they compare

Sudan (former) currently reports 38.72 million An against 31.16 million An in Ethiopia, a difference of 7.57 million An.

That makes Sudan (former)'s figure about 1.2 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Sudan (former) has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 10th and Sudan (former) ranks 9th of 186 countries.

Sudan (former) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Sudan (former) Difference Ahead
1990s 6.62 million An 20.37 million An 13.75 million An Sudan (former)
2000s 11.78 million An 37.61 million An 25.84 million An Sudan (former)
2010s 16.45 million An 41.74 million An 25.29 million An Sudan (former)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, Ethiopia or Sudan (former)?
Sudan (former), at 38.72 million An against 31.16 million An in Ethiopia as of 2011.
What is the difference in sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered between Ethiopia and Sudan (former)?
7.57 million An, with Sudan (former) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Sudan (former)?
19 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2011.
How do Ethiopia and Sudan (former) rank globally for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
Ethiopia ranks 10th and Sudan (former) ranks 9th 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.