Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica
Jamaica: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 25,593 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 25,593 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 53.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica peaked at 210,000 An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 25,593 An, in 2024.
That places Jamaica 112th out of 173 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 202,750 An | — |
| 1962 | 204,039 An | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 184,039 An | -9.8% |
| 1964 | 162,620 An | -11.6% |
| 1965 | 164,900 An | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 164,365 An | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 210,000 An | +27.8% |
| 1968 | 202,984 An | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 134,911 An | -33.5% |
| 1970 | 125,314 An | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 108,000 An | -13.8% |
| 1972 | 92,000 An | -14.8% |
| 1973 | 81,000 An | -12.0% |
| 1974 | 74,000 An | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 68,000 An | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 65,000 An | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 52,000 An | -20.0% |
| 1978 | 49,000 An | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 37,000 An | -24.5% |
| 1980 | 33,000 An | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 30,000 An | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 32,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 35,000 An | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 34,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 33,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 35,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 32,000 An | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 32,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 35,000 An | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 35,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 32,000 An | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 30,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 32,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 34,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 35,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 38,000 An | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 39,758 An | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 41,664 An | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 42,237 An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 40,467 An | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 42,244 An | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 38,647 An | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 36,908 An | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 39,944 An | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 47,596 An | +19.2% |
| 2006 | 39,515 An | -17.0% |
| 2007 | 40,121 An | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 41,369 An | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 43,160 An | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 45,759 An | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 55,000 An | +20.2% |
| 2012 | 56,498 An | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 51,289 An | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 55,201 An | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 56,728 An | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 60,074 An | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 59,671 An | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 48,619 An | -18.5% |
| 2019 | 41,965 An | -13.7% |
| 2020 | 37,969 An | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 35,597 An | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 33,416 An | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 27,452 An | -17.8% |
| 2024 | 25,593 An | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181,179 An | 134,911 An | 210,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 75,131 An | 37,000 An | 125,314 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,100 An | 30,000 An | 35,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,966 An | 30,000 An | 42,237 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,997 An | 36,908 An | 47,596 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,080 An | 41,965 An | 60,074 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,005 An | 25,593 An | 37,969 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica was 25,593 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 210,000 An in 1967.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,593 An in 2024.
- How does Jamaica rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Jamaica ranks 112th out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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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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.