Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malta
Malta: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1,360 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malta, 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 Malta is 1,360 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 12.8% on the previous year and down 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malta peaked at 8,099 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 700 An, in 1989.
That places Malta 155th out of 173 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Malta, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,099 An | — |
| 1962 | 8,059 An | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 6,451 An | -20.0% |
| 1964 | 6,826 An | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 6,935 An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 7,494 An | +8.1% |
| 1967 | 6,842 An | -8.7% |
| 1968 | 5,482 An | -19.9% |
| 1969 | 5,310 An | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 5,189 An | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 4,181 An | -19.4% |
| 1972 | 3,808 An | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 3,817 An | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 5,373 An | +40.8% |
| 1975 | 2,931 An | -45.4% |
| 1976 | 2,049 An | -30.1% |
| 1977 | 2,274 An | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 1,788 An | -21.4% |
| 1979 | 1,226 An | -31.4% |
| 1980 | 1,541 An | +25.7% |
| 1981 | 1,452 An | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 1,077 An | -25.8% |
| 1983 | 1,016 An | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 812 An | -20.1% |
| 1985 | 973 An | +19.8% |
| 1986 | 950 An | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 900 An | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 810 An | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 700 An | -13.6% |
| 1990 | 719 An | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 850 An | +18.2% |
| 1992 | 850 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 900 An | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 950 An | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 1,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,000 An | +300.0% |
| 2001 | 3,300 An | -17.5% |
| 2002 | 3,500 An | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 3,800 An | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 3,300 An | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 3,300 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,400 An | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 3,300 An | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 3,500 An | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 3,300 An | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 3,300 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,200 An | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 3,400 An | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 3,200 An | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 3,155 An | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 3,422 An | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 3,431 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 3,552 An | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 1,160 An | -67.3% |
| 2019 | 1,420 An | +22.4% |
| 2020 | 1,260 An | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 1,190 An | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 1,400 An | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 1,560 An | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 1,360 An | -12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,833 An | 5,310 An | 8,099 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,264 An | 1,226 An | 5,373 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,023 An | 700 An | 1,541 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 926.9 An | 719 An | 1,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,470 An | 3,300 An | 4,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,924 An | 1,160 An | 3,552 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,354 An | 1,190 An | 1,560 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 152 Armenia 1,665 An compare
- 153 Brunei Darussalam 1,458 An compare
- 154 Mauritius 1,377 An compare
- 156 Sweden 900 An compare
- 157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 813 An compare
- 158 Papua New Guinea 635 An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malta?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malta was 1,360 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 8,099 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 An in 1989.
- How does Malta rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Malta ranks 155th out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta 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.