Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 2.54 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,998 t, and the mean is 60,662 t.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 350.0%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 88.6%).
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.54 million t | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 2.54 million t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 1.72 million t | 2024 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Pakistan | 561,108 t | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Nigeria | 292,406 t | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Türkiye | 99,532 t | 2024 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 243,825 t | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Chad | 165,732 t | 2024 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Sudan (former) | 155,500 t | 2011 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 149,310 t | 2024 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Sudan | 113,510 t | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 11 | Kenya | 97,436 t | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Yemen | 89,567 t | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Nepal | 86,280 t | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 77,607 t | 2024 | up 114.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Indonesia | 70,487 t | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia PDR | 67,580 t | 1992 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 17 | Mongolia | 63,789 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 59,799 t | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 55,553 t | 2024 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia | 54,422 t | 2024 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 50,881 t | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 47,571 t | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 42,128 t | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 40,706 t | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 25 | Algeria | 39,116 t | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Somalia | 38,989 t | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 37,364 t | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 31,034 t | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 31,019 t | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 30 | USSR | 30,500 t | 1991 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 31 | Niger | 28,947 t | 2024 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 27,946 t | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 26,089 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 34 | South Sudan | 22,918 t | 2024 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 35 | Morocco | 22,200 t | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 21,739 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 20,886 t | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Senegal | 20,432 t | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Egypt | 20,000 t | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Mauritania | 19,034 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 41 | Guinea | 18,949 t | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Oman | 17,641 t | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Zambia | 17,032 t | 2024 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 16,736 t | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 45 | Angola | 16,578 t | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 16,074 t | 2024 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 47 | Turkmenistan | 15,427 t | 2024 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Benin | 15,395 t | 2024 | up 178.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Greece | 14,370 t | 2024 | down 51.9% | rising |
| 50 | Mali | 13,336 t | 2024 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 51 | South Africa | 12,440 t | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 52 | Libya | 12,218 t | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 53 | Rwanda | 11,888 t | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Myanmar | 10,600 t | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Tunisia | 10,483 t | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 9,482 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 8,710 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 58 | Cuba | 7,369 t | 2024 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Albania | 7,130 t | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 60 | Iraq | 7,031 t | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 61 | Argentina | 6,926 t | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 62 | Eritrea | 6,427 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 63 | Chile | 6,161 t | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 64 | France | 5,830 t | 2024 | down 51.7% | rising |
| 65 | Palestine, State of | 5,432 t | 2022 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 66 | Ukraine | 5,300 t | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 67 | Jordan | 5,175 t | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Haiti | 4,981 t | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 69 | Peru | 4,952 t | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 70 | Togo | 4,940 t | 2024 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Romania | 4,260 t | 2024 | down 53.3% | rising |
| 72 | Botswana | 3,976 t | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 73 | Mozambique | 3,854 t | 2024 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Madagascar | 3,778 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 75 | Namibia | 3,508 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 76 | Israel | 3,332 t | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Eswatini | 3,186 t | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 78 | Burundi | 3,024 t | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,740 t | 2024 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Malaysia | 2,715 t | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 2,660 t | 2024 | up 137.5% | falling |
| 82 | Djibouti | 2,318 t | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 2,297 t | 2024 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 84 | Lebanon | 2,016 t | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 85 | Cyprus | 1,980 t | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 86 | Thailand | 1,896 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Republic of Korea | 1,782 t | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 1,764 t | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Italy | 1,730 t | 2024 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 90 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,440 t | 2005 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 91 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,426 t | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Kuwait | 1,375 t | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 1,320 t | 2024 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 94 | New Zealand | 1,131 t | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 95 | Qatar | 1,111 t | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Congo | 1,056 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Liberia | 999.91 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 98 | Portugal | 990 t | 2024 | up 39.2% | falling |
| 99 | Paraguay | 916.09 t | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 100 | Gambia | 906.41 t | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 866.97 t | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 102 | Austria | 740 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 616.09 t | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 104 | Switzerland | 505.84 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 105 | Germany | 450 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Belgium | 430 t | 2024 | up 244.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Jamaica | 427 t | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Colombia | 408.13 t | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Croatia | 400 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Czechoslovakia | 381 t | 1992 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Comoros | 374.9 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 112 | Gabon | 343.09 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 113 | Slovenia | 340 t | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 114 | Norway | 336 t | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 115 | Ecuador | 295.08 t | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 116 | Guyana | 270.23 t | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 259.63 t | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | 241.98 t | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Czechia | 220 t | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 119 | Slovakia | 220 t | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 121 | Bhutan | 210.03 t | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 122 | Guadeloupe | 200 t | 2006 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 123 | Lesotho | 199.3 t | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Grenada | 168.32 t | 2024 | up 148.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Guatemala | 165.35 t | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 126 | Fiji | 161.2 t | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Honduras | 152.3 t | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 128 | Montenegro | 91.58 t | 2024 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 129 | Hungary | 90 t | 2024 | down 50.5% | flat |
| 129 | Poland | 90 t | 2024 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Réunion | 84 t | 2006 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 132 | El Salvador | 75.25 t | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 133 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 74.56 t | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 134 | Bahamas | 74.07 t | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 135 | French Polynesia | 67.23 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 136 | Saint Lucia | 63.88 t | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 58 t | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Latvia | 50 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 49.82 t | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 140 | Dominica | 40.62 t | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 40 t | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 37.25 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 143 | Barbados | 29.9 t | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Tonga | 29.33 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 145 | China, Macao SAR | 27.51 t | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Japan | 27.44 t | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Martinique | 26 t | 2006 | down 65.3% | rising |
| 148 | Armenia | 24.98 t | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 149 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24 t | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 150 | Seychelles | 22.19 t | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 151 | Mauritius | 22 t | 2024 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 20 t | 2024 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Malta | 20 t | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 19.04 t | 2024 | down 45.3% | rising |
| 155 | Brunei Darussalam | 14.59 t | 2024 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.53 t | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 157 | Estonia | 10 t | 2024 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 157 | Sweden | 10 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 9.27 t | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.11 t | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Singapore | 8.26 t | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Cook Islands | 7.52 t | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 163 | Suriname | 7.18 t | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.69 t | 2024 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 3.69 t | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 166 | French Guiana | 1 t | 2006 | down 83.3% | rising |
| 167 | Belize | 0.94 t | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 168 | New Caledonia | 0.8 t | 2024 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Finland | 0 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 7.74 million t
- Asia 5.86 million t
- Southern Asia 2.70 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.46 million t
- Eastern Asia 2.62 million t
- Middle Africa 251,754 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.30 million t
- United Republic of Tanzania 127,100 t
- Africa 1.61 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.36 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 37,484 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 848,756 t
- Viet Nam 24,593 t
- Eastern Africa 619,222 t
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,300 t
- Western Africa 494,165 t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 16,810 t
- Western Asia 354,809 t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14,398 t
- Northern Africa 217,527 t
- Syrian Arab Republic 11,702 t
- South-Eastern Asia 145,095 t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,697 t
- Americas 142,537 t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,442 t
- South America 77,201 t
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,383 t
- Europe 75,476 t
- Timor-Leste 378.54 t
- Oceania 55,861 t
- Melanesia 190.31 t
- European Union (27) 45,060 t
- Polynesia 104.07 t
- Central America 41,397 t
- Micronesia 13.32 t
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 13.32 t
- Central Asia 40,983 t
- Southern Europe 36,079 t
- Eastern Europe 28,236 t
- Southern Africa 23,310 t
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.