Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production was 3.69 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 3.69 t for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 299 t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 3.4 t, in 2000.
That places Puerto Rico 165th out of 171 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140 t | — |
| 1962 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 142 t | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 148 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 150 t | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 187 t | +24.7% |
| 1967 | 186 t | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 193 t | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 188 t | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 194 t | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 192 t | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 198 t | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 200 t | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 236 t | +18.0% |
| 1976 | 257 t | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 268 t | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 265 t | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 274 t | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 262 t | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 241 t | -8.0% |
| 1982 | 169 t | -29.9% |
| 1983 | 186 t | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 188 t | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 181 t | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 174 t | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 183 t | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 197 t | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 236 t | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 254 t | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 272 t | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 299 t | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 272 t | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 264 t | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 202 t | -23.5% |
| 1996 | 181 t | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 136 t | -24.9% |
| 1998 | 140 t | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 5.33 t | -96.2% |
| 2000 | 3.4 t | -36.2% |
| 2001 | 8 t | +135.3% |
| 2002 | 11.34 t | +41.8% |
| 2003 | 15.1 t | +33.2% |
| 2004 | 10 t | -33.8% |
| 2005 | 9.5 t | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 6.72 t | -29.3% |
| 2007 | 6.37 t | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 8.11 t | +27.3% |
| 2009 | 7.73 t | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 7.34 t | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 6.9 t | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 7.39 t | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 6.11 t | -17.3% |
| 2014 | 5.68 t | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 5.29 t | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 4.92 t | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 4.55 t | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 4.32 t | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 4.49 t | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 3.75 t | -16.5% |
| 2021 | 3.7 t | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 3.67 t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 3.58 t | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 3.69 t | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163.78 t | 140 t | 193 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 228.4 t | 192 t | 274 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 201.7 t | 169 t | 262 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 202.53 t | 5.33 t | 299 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.63 t | 3.4 t | 15.1 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7 t | 4.32 t | 7.39 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.68 t | 3.58 t | 3.75 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 162 Cook Islands 7.52 t compare
- 163 Suriname 7.18 t compare
- 164 Antigua and Barbuda 4.69 t compare
- 166 French Guiana 1 t compare
- 167 Belize 0.94 t compare
- 168 New Caledonia 0.8 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Puerto Rico?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Puerto Rico was 3.69 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 299 t in 1992.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4 t in 2000.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 165th out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.