Lesotho vs Sri Lanka: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time
- Lesotho
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 76,000 An against 68,308 An in Lesotho, a difference of 7,692 An.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 132nd and Sri Lanka ranks 131st of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 401,401 An | 148,229 An | 253,172 An | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 512,630 An | 140,983 An | 371,647 An | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 695,000 An | 142,685 An | 552,315 An | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 138,035 An | 97,987 An | 40,048 An | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 73,314 An | 71,769 An | 1,545 An | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 84,536 An | 60,513 An | 24,023 An | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 75,051 An | 79,476 An | 4,424 An | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, Lesotho or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 76,000 An against 68,308 An in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered between Lesotho and Sri Lanka?
- 7,692 An, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Sri Lanka rank globally for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Lesotho ranks 132nd and Sri Lanka ranks 131st 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.