Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia
Australia: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3.44 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia is 3.44 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 40.7% on the previous year and up 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia peaked at 3.44 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,000 An, in 1961.
That places Australia 22nd out of 173 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,300 An | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 An | +32.7% |
| 1973 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 16,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 16,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 16,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 18,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 20,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 187,000 An | +835.0% |
| 1987 | 186,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 265,000 An | +42.5% |
| 1989 | 245,000 An | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 315,000 An | +28.6% |
| 1991 | 370,000 An | +17.5% |
| 1992 | 460,000 An | +24.3% |
| 1993 | 460,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 440,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 400,000 An | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 400,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 360,000 An | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 325,000 An | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 340,000 An | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 425,000 An | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 713,015 An | +67.8% |
| 2002 | 1.06 million An | +48.0% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million An | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.13 million An | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 1.20 million An | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 1.20 million An | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.04 million An | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 1.11 million An | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 1.63 million An | +46.5% |
| 2010 | 1.68 million An | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 1.74 million An | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 1.86 million An | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 2.07 million An | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 2.13 million An | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.13 million An | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2.16 million An | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 2.09 million An | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 1.65 million An | -21.0% |
| 2019 | 1.54 million An | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 1.16 million An | -24.9% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million An | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 1.73 million An | +36.3% |
| 2023 | 2.45 million An | +41.8% |
| 2024 | 3.44 million An | +40.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 An | 10,000 An | 10,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,130 An | 10,000 An | 15,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 98,400 An | 15,000 An | 265,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 387,000 An | 315,000 An | 460,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.06 million An | 425,000 An | 1.63 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.90 million An | 1.54 million An | 2.16 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.01 million An | 1.16 million An | 3.44 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 19 Brazil 3.66 million An compare
- 20 United Arab Emirates 3.56 million An compare
- 21 Australia and New Zealand 3.55 million An compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 3.31 million An compare
- 24 Uganda 3.26 million An compare
- 25 Somalia 3.00 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia was 3.44 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.44 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 An in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia ranks 22nd out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.