Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal
Portugal: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 141,990 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 141,990 An for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 15.2% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal peaked at 700,000 An in 1978 and was at its lowest, 101,083 An, in 2017.
That places Portugal 83rd 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 351,859 An | — |
| 1962 | 340,171 An | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 328,484 An | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 472,004 An | +43.7% |
| 1965 | 460,945 An | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 449,892 An | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 507,000 An | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 565,000 An | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 599,000 An | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 597,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 579,333 An | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 580,119 An | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 587,831 An | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 587,831 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 587,831 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 587,831 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 560,000 An | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 700,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 625,000 An | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 560,000 An | -10.4% |
| 1981 | 530,000 An | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 557,000 An | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 502,857 An | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 478,333 An | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 486,177 An | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 476,923 An | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 462,838 An | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 480,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 430,000 An | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 460,000 An | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 306,556 An | -33.4% |
| 1992 | 260,601 An | -15.0% |
| 1993 | 234,596 An | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 235,459 An | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 214,693 An | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 230,054 An | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 246,658 An | +7.2% |
| 1998 | 209,002 An | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 195,511 An | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 167,887 An | -14.1% |
| 2001 | 142,568 An | -15.1% |
| 2002 | 163,440 An | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 139,284 An | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 128,595 An | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 114,939 An | -10.6% |
| 2006 | 130,890 An | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 161,088 An | +23.1% |
| 2008 | 143,211 An | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 148,807 An | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 146,034 An | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 135,205 An | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 141,017 An | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 122,997 An | -12.8% |
| 2014 | 108,194 An | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 111,207 An | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 103,868 An | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 101,083 An | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 172,290 An | +70.4% |
| 2019 | 175,320 An | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 163,750 An | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 188,170 An | +14.9% |
| 2022 | 192,130 An | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 167,450 An | -12.8% |
| 2024 | 141,990 An | -15.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 452,706 An | 328,484 An | 599,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 599,278 An | 560,000 An | 700,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 496,413 An | 430,000 An | 560,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 259,313 An | 195,511 An | 460,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 144,071 An | 114,939 An | 167,887 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 131,722 An | 101,083 An | 175,320 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 170,698 An | 141,990 An | 192,130 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal was 141,990 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 700,000 An in 1978.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 101,083 An in 2017.
- How does Portugal rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Portugal ranks 83rd out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.