Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 76,000 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 76,000 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.6% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka peaked at 162,933 An in 1982 and was at its lowest, 51,468 An, in 2015.
Sri Lanka ranks 98th of 173 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 125,453 An | — |
| 1962 | 123,600 An | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 121,430 An | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 129,185 An | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 140,166 An | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 139,282 An | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 160,717 An | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 146,325 An | -9.0% |
| 1969 | 125,903 An | -14.0% |
| 1970 | 130,503 An | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 122,762 An | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 113,773 An | -7.3% |
| 1973 | 124,725 An | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 137,177 An | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 141,330 An | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 133,315 An | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 128,787 An | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 126,876 An | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 123,580 An | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 136,877 An | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 137,137 An | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 162,933 An | +18.8% |
| 1983 | 134,084 An | -17.7% |
| 1984 | 150,655 An | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 143,648 An | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 121,416 An | -15.5% |
| 1987 | 110,529 An | -9.0% |
| 1988 | 104,479 An | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 96,094 An | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 82,711 An | -13.9% |
| 1991 | 79,297 An | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 101,692 An | +28.2% |
| 1993 | 109,158 An | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 128,941 An | +18.1% |
| 1995 | 114,805 An | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 96,674 An | -15.8% |
| 1997 | 95,517 An | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 80,449 An | -15.8% |
| 1999 | 82,622 An | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 87,502 An | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 79,116 An | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 80,889 An | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 70,600 An | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 71,605 An | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 74,601 An | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 68,171 An | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 64,283 An | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 58,288 An | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 62,635 An | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 68,351 An | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 63,126 An | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 73,324 An | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 64,511 An | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 55,985 An | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 51,468 An | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 51,600 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 53,997 An | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 60,000 An | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 62,771 An | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 66,378 An | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 85,000 An | +28.1% |
| 2022 | 85,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 85,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 76,000 An | -10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 134,673 An | 121,430 An | 160,717 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 128,283 An | 113,773 An | 141,330 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 129,785 An | 96,094 An | 162,933 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,187 An | 79,297 An | 128,941 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,769 An | 58,288 An | 87,502 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,513 An | 51,468 An | 73,324 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 79,476 An | 66,378 An | 85,000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 95 Gambia 82,183 An compare
- 96 Serbia and Montenegro 80,000 An compare
- 97 Malaysia 77,565 An compare
- 99 Austria 68,870 An compare
- 100 Dominican Republic 63,461 An compare
- 101 China, Taiwan Province of 50,550 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka was 76,000 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 162,933 An in 1982.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,468 An in 2015.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Sri Lanka ranks 98th out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.