Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Cameroon
Cameroon: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.0491 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Cameroon, 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 Cameroon is 0.0491 An per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Cameroon peaked at 0.1059 An per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0491 An per person, in 2024.
Cameroon ranks 65th of 160 countries on this measure, 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 Cameroon, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.091 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0916 An per person | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0918 An per person | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0914 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0907 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0925 An per person | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0954 An per person | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0979 An per person | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0955 An per person | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 0.093 An per person | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0906 An per person | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0881 An per person | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0729 An per person | -17.3% |
| 1974 | 0.073 An per person | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.073 An per person | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0747 An per person | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0825 An per person | +10.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0815 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.079 An per person | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0761 An per person | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0743 An per person | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0709 An per person | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0684 An per person | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0686 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0691 An per person | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.086 An per person | +24.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0876 An per person | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0936 An per person | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 0.1 An per person | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1059 An per person | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0986 An per person | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0974 An per person | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0962 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0949 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0937 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0926 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0915 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0904 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0905 An per person | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0905 An per person | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0892 An per person | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0868 An per person | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0845 An per person | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0822 An per person | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0799 An per person | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0778 An per person | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0756 An per person | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0597 An per person | -21.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0555 An per person | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0698 An per person | +25.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0692 An per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0697 An per person | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0617 An per person | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0705 An per person | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0686 An per person | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0662 An per person | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0608 An per person | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0541 An per person | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0523 An per person | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0515 An per person | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.053 An per person | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0521 An per person | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0515 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0491 An per person | -4.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.0491 An per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0368 An per person, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.0491 An per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0258 An per person, 1.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Cameroon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +25.9% | 0.0555 An per person | 0.0698 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0931 An per person | 0.0907 An per person | 0.0979 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0808 An per person | 0.0729 An per person | 0.093 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0795 An per person | 0.0684 An per person | 0.1 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0952 An per person | 0.0904 An per person | 0.1059 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0782 An per person | 0.0555 An per person | 0.0905 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0643 An per person | 0.0523 An per person | 0.0705 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0515 An per person | 0.0491 An per person | 0.053 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Cameroon?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Cameroon was 0.0491 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1059 An per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0491 An per person in 2024.
- How does Cameroon rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- Cameroon ranks 65th out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.