Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Bhutan
Bhutan: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.004 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 0.004 An per person for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.2% on the previous year and down 16.0% over five years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Bhutan peaked at 0.0349 An per person in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.004 An per person, in 2024.
Bhutan ranks 133rd of 160 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.016 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0164 An per person | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0167 An per person | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0178 An per person | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0172 An per person | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0167 An per person | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0179 An per person | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0173 An per person | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0178 An per person | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0172 An per person | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0166 An per person | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0167 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.017 An per person | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.017 An per person | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0164 An per person | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0159 An per person | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0153 An per person | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.016 An per person | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0143 An per person | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0162 An per person | +12.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0156 An per person | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0173 An per person | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0178 An per person | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0223 An per person | +25.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0266 An per person | +19.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0153 An per person | -42.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0314 An per person | +106.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0341 An per person | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0349 An per person | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0322 An per person | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0048 An per person | -85.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0041 An per person | -14.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0048 An per person | +16.5% |
| 2024 | 0.004 An per person | -15.2% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 0.004 An per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0368 An per person, 11% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 0.004 An per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0061 An per person, 67% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +106.1% | 0.0153 An per person | 0.0314 An per person |
| 2021 | -85.1% | 0.0322 An per person | 0.0048 An per person |
| 1986 | -42.5% | 0.0266 An per person | 0.0153 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0171 An per person | 0.016 An per person | 0.0179 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0162 An per person | 0.0143 An per person | 0.0172 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0231 An per person | 0.0153 An per person | 0.0349 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0322 An per person | 0.0322 An per person | 0.0322 An per person | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.0044 An per person | 0.004 An per person | 0.0048 An per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Bhutan?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Bhutan was 0.004 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0349 An per person in 1989.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.004 An per person in 2024.
- How does Bhutan rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- Bhutan ranks 133rd out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.