Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Benin
Benin: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.0935 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Benin is 0.0935 An per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 229.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Benin peaked at 0.1267 An per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0264 An per person, in 2018.
That places Benin 49th out of 160 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Benin, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0293 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0326 An per person | +11.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0453 An per person | +38.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0479 An per person | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0532 An per person | +11.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0548 An per person | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 0.057 An per person | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0523 An per person | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 0.056 An per person | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0568 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.056 An per person | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0587 An per person | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0737 An per person | +25.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0719 An per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0723 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0727 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0729 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0732 An per person | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0734 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0746 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0743 An per person | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0753 An per person | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0827 An per person | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0833 An per person | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0842 An per person | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0535 An per person | -36.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0519 An per person | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0503 An per person | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0496 An per person | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0494 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0492 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0383 An per person | -22.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0315 An per person | -17.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0354 An per person | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 0.035 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0369 An per person | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0368 An per person | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0341 An per person | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0327 An per person | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0326 An per person | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0309 An per person | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0306 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0297 An per person | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0301 An per person | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0304 An per person | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0297 An per person | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0294 An per person | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0292 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.031 An per person | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0304 An per person | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0297 An per person | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0298 An per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0294 An per person | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0284 An per person | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0275 An per person | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0272 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0268 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0264 An per person | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0589 An per person | +123.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0982 An per person | +66.8% |
| 2021 | 0.1267 An per person | +29.1% |
| 2022 | 0.1042 An per person | -17.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0901 An per person | -13.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0935 An per person | +3.9% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.0935 An per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0368 An per person, 2.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.0935 An per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0258 An per person, 3.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +123.2% | 0.0264 An per person | 0.0589 An per person |
| 2020 | +66.8% | 0.0589 An per person | 0.0982 An per person |
| 1963 | +38.9% | 0.0326 An per person | 0.0453 An per person |
| 1986 | -36.5% | 0.0842 An per person | 0.0535 An per person |
| 2021 | +29.1% | 0.0982 An per person | 0.1267 An per person |
| 1973 | +25.4% | 0.0587 An per person | 0.0737 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0476 An per person | 0.0293 An per person | 0.057 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0682 An per person | 0.056 An per person | 0.0737 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.068 An per person | 0.0496 An per person | 0.0842 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0379 An per person | 0.0315 An per person | 0.0494 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0304 An per person | 0.0292 An per person | 0.0326 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0314 An per person | 0.0264 An per person | 0.0589 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1026 An per person | 0.0901 An per person | 0.1267 An per person | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Benin?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Benin was 0.0935 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1267 An per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0264 An per person in 2018.
- How does Benin rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- Benin ranks 49th out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 229.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.