Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 1.02 An per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Faroe Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Faroe Islands stood at 1.02 An per person.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Faroe Islands peaked at 1.24 An per person in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0 An per person, in 1961.
That places Faroe Islands 5th out of 160 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0 An per person | — |
| 1963 | 0 An per person | — |
| 1964 | 0 An per person | — |
| 1965 | 0 An per person | — |
| 1966 | 1.24 An per person | — |
| 1967 | 1.21 An per person | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 1.19 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 1.15 An per person | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 0.9833 An per person | -14.1% |
| 1971 | 1.11 An per person | +13.2% |
| 1972 | 1.17 An per person | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 1.16 An per person | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.18 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 1.16 An per person | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 1.13 An per person | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 1.11 An per person | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 0.7352 An per person | -33.5% |
| 1979 | 1.02 An per person | +38.9% |
| 1980 | 1.01 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 1.03 An per person | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 1.03 An per person | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.916 An per person | -11.2% |
| 1984 | 0.9652 An per person | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9615 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.966 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9802 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.9714 An per person | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.9592 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9635 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.9838 An per person | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9918 An per person | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 1.02 An per person | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 1.06 An per person | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 1.09 An per person | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 1.09 An per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.07 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.06 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1.05 An per person | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.04 An per person | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 1.02 An per person | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 1 An per person | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9868 An per person | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9797 An per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9802 An per person | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9724 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9922 An per person | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9887 An per person | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9838 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9865 An per person | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9888 An per person | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.994 An per person | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.04 An per person | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 1.03 An per person | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 An per person | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.04 An per person | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.04 An per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.04 An per person | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.04 An per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.03 An per person | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.04 An per person | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.01 An per person | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 1.01 An per person | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.02 An per person | +0.9% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 1.02 An per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0235 An per person, 43.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 1.02 An per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0483 An per person, 21.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Faroe Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +38.9% | 0.7352 An per person | 1.02 An per person |
| 1978 | -33.5% | 1.11 An per person | 0.7352 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5321 An per person | 0 An per person | 1.24 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.08 An per person | 0.7352 An per person | 1.18 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9793 An per person | 0.916 An per person | 1.03 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.04 An per person | 0.9635 An per person | 1.09 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9938 An per person | 0.9724 An per person | 1.04 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 An per person | 0.9865 An per person | 1.04 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 An per person | 1.01 An per person | 1.04 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -6.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1607 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 11,918 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Faroe Islands?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Faroe Islands was 1.02 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 An per person in 1966.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 An per person in 1961.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- Faroe Islands ranks 5th out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.