Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production was 55,553 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 55,553 t for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 41.7% on the previous year and up 62.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 55,553 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 610 t, in 1962.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 19th of 171 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 650 t | — |
| 1962 | 610 t | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 790 t | +29.5% |
| 1964 | 840 t | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 850 t | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 830 t | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 850 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 810 t | -4.7% |
| 1969 | 890 t | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 950 t | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 1,282 t | +35.0% |
| 1972 | 1,475 t | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 1,875 t | +27.1% |
| 1974 | 1,325 t | -29.3% |
| 1975 | 1,475 t | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 1,675 t | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 695 t | -58.5% |
| 1978 | 885 t | +27.3% |
| 1979 | 1,275 t | +44.1% |
| 1980 | 1,325 t | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 1,250 t | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 1,150 t | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 1,030 t | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 1,200 t | +16.5% |
| 1985 | 1,100 t | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 4,895 t | +345.0% |
| 1987 | 5,061 t | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 7,687 t | +51.9% |
| 1989 | 8,662 t | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 9,873 t | +14.0% |
| 1991 | 12,269 t | +24.3% |
| 1992 | 13,856 t | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 13,666 t | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 12,876 t | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 11,614 t | -9.8% |
| 1996 | 11,542 t | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 10,761 t | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 9,822 t | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 10,044 t | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 11,879 t | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 12,018 t | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 16,283 t | +35.5% |
| 2003 | 16,792 t | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 18,686 t | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 19,883 t | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 19,949 t | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 17,758 t | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 18,657 t | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 26,845 t | +43.9% |
| 2010 | 27,681 t | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 29,627 t | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 30,888 t | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 32,903 t | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 34,212 t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 33,540 t | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 34,730 t | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 34,416 t | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 25,215 t | -26.7% |
| 2019 | 24,215 t | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 17,516 t | -27.7% |
| 2021 | 23,488 t | +34.1% |
| 2022 | 30,988 t | +31.9% |
| 2023 | 39,205 t | +26.5% |
| 2024 | 55,553 t | +41.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Australia and New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +345.0% | 1,100 t | 4,895 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 791.11 t | 610 t | 890 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,291 t | 695 t | 1,875 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,336 t | 1,030 t | 8,662 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,632 t | 9,822 t | 13,856 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,875 t | 11,879 t | 26,845 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,743 t | 24,215 t | 34,730 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,350 t | 17,516 t | 55,553 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 16 Ethiopia PDR 67,580 t compare
- 16 Melanesia 190.31 t compare
- 17 Mongolia 63,789 t compare
- 17 Polynesia 104.07 t compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 13.32 t compare
- 18 United Arab Emirates 59,799 t compare
- 18 Micronesia 13.32 t compare
- 20 Australia 54,422 t compare
- 21 Saudi Arabia 50,881 t compare
- 22 Afghanistan 47,571 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Australia and New Zealand was 55,553 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 55,553 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 610 t in 1962.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 19th out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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 — Production. 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.