Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Australia
Australia: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production was 54,422 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Australia is 54,422 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 43.4% on the previous year and up 65.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Australia peaked at 54,422 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 250 t, in 1961.
Australia ranks 20th 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, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 250 t | — |
| 1962 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 282.5 t | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 375 t | +32.7% |
| 1973 | 375 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 375 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 375 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 375 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 375 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 375 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 375 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 375 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 400 t | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 450 t | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 500 t | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 4,675 t | +835.0% |
| 1987 | 4,650 t | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 6,625 t | +42.5% |
| 1989 | 6,125 t | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 7,875 t | +28.6% |
| 1991 | 9,250 t | +17.5% |
| 1992 | 11,500 t | +24.3% |
| 1993 | 11,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 10,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 9,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 8,125 t | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 8,500 t | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 10,625 t | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 10,433 t | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 14,756 t | +41.4% |
| 2003 | 15,466 t | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 17,178 t | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 18,441 t | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 18,585 t | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 16,233 t | -12.7% |
| 2008 | 17,363 t | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 25,680 t | +47.9% |
| 2010 | 26,452 t | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 28,368 t | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 29,809 t | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 31,663 t | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 32,913 t | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 32,285 t | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 33,330 t | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 33,000 t | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 23,388 t | -29.1% |
| 2019 | 22,381 t | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 15,521 t | -30.7% |
| 2021 | 21,463 t | +38.3% |
| 2022 | 29,210 t | +36.1% |
| 2023 | 37,942 t | +29.9% |
| 2024 | 54,422 t | +43.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 250 t | 250 t | 250 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 353.25 t | 250 t | 375 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,460 t | 375 t | 6,625 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,675 t | 7,875 t | 11,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,476 t | 10,433 t | 25,680 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,359 t | 22,381 t | 33,330 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,712 t | 15,521 t | 54,422 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 17 Mongolia 63,789 t compare
- 18 United Arab Emirates 59,799 t compare
- 19 Australia and New Zealand 55,553 t compare
- 21 Saudi Arabia 50,881 t compare
- 22 Afghanistan 47,571 t compare
- 23 Brazil 42,128 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Australia?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Australia was 54,422 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?
- The highest recorded value was 54,422 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 t in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Australia ranks 20th out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.