Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered by country
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...
What the numbers show
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 199.56 million An in China; the lowest is 14 An in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 288,763 An, and the mean is 5.64 million An.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 346.3%), and the largest decrease in French Guiana (down 86.8%).
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 199.56 million An | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 199.56 million An | 2024 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 89.84 million An | 2024 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia and New Zealand | 60.44 million An | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 5 | USSR | 57.69 million An | 1991 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 6 | Australia | 38.17 million An | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 7 | New Zealand | 22.26 million An | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 8 | Nigeria | 19.69 million An | 2024 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Sudan (former) | 19.29 million An | 2011 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Algeria | 18.75 million An | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Pakistan | 15.71 million An | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan | 15.35 million An | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 13.58 million An | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 12.87 million An | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 15 | Chad | 12.38 million An | 2024 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Morocco | 11.90 million An | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 10.75 million An | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 10.22 million An | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia PDR | 8.16 million An | 1992 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 8.05 million An | 2024 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Spain | 7.90 million An | 2024 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 22 | Mongolia | 7.81 million An | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 6.83 million An | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 6.53 million An | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 25 | Tajikistan | 6.49 million An | 2024 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 6.06 million An | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 27 | Yemen | 5.99 million An | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Turkmenistan | 5.93 million An | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 5.40 million An | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 5.33 million An | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 31 | Yugoslav SFR | 5.20 million An | 1991 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 32 | South Africa | 4.88 million An | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 33 | Indonesia | 4.43 million An | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Kenya | 3.93 million An | 2024 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 3.85 million An | 2024 | down 36.2% | flat |
| 36 | France | 3.50 million An | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 37 | Tunisia | 3.39 million An | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 3.37 million An | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 3.09 million An | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Kuwait | 3.07 million An | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Senegal | 2.94 million An | 2024 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Ireland | 2.85 million An | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.63 million An | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 44 | Peru | 2.59 million An | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 45 | Mauritania | 2.52 million An | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Somalia | 2.44 million An | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 2.17 million An | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 48 | Italy | 2.03 million An | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 49 | Jordan | 1.98 million An | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 1.95 million An | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 51 | Libya | 1.93 million An | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 52 | Bahrain | 1.58 million An | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 53 | South Sudan | 1.54 million An | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 54 | Cameroon | 1.43 million An | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 1.42 million An | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 56 | Germany | 1.41 million An | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 57 | Egypt | 1.37 million An | 2024 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 58 | Benin | 1.35 million An | 2024 | up 332.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Ghana | 1.27 million An | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 60 | Oman | 1.16 million An | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.15 million An | 2005 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 62 | Uruguay | 1.09 million An | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 63 | Norway | 1.08 million An | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 64 | Portugal | 1.06 million An | 2024 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 1.05 million An | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Albania | 998,248 An | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 67 | Guinea | 913,387 An | 2024 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Canada | 765,100 An | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 69 | Israel | 741,181 An | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Namibia | 704,883 An | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 71 | Niger | 698,713 An | 2024 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 72 | Eritrea | 676,624 An | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 658,430 An | 2024 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Cuba | 625,702 An | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 598,000 An | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 76 | Mali | 523,877 An | 2024 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Armenia | 490,000 An | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 78 | Chile | 467,713 An | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 79 | Croatia | 466,300 An | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 80 | Iceland | 446,696 An | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 81 | Uganda | 445,359 An | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 82 | Togo | 445,187 An | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Czechoslovakia | 420,000 An | 1992 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 410,633 An | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 85 | Palestine, State of | 398,536 An | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 86 | Qatar | 386,835 An | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Myanmar | 366,667 An | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Ukraine | 341,600 An | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Austria | 339,190 An | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 90 | Angola | 288,763 An | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 256,566 An | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Nepal | 238,688 An | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 93 | Switzerland | 225,889 An | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 94 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 220,000 An | 1999 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 218,110 An | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 96 | Djibouti | 216,057 An | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 97 | Malawi | 198,092 An | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Lebanon | 178,951 An | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 171,013 An | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 170,920 An | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 101 | Cyprus | 156,600 An | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 102 | Georgia | 151,509 An | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 103 | Paraguay | 143,572 An | 2024 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 104 | Guatemala | 135,499 An | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 123,616 An | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Czechia | 114,970 An | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 110,737 An | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 108 | Zimbabwe | 98,484 An | 2024 | up 251.7% | falling |
| 109 | Haiti | 97,998 An | 2024 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Slovenia | 97,050 An | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 111 | Liberia | 88,073 An | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 112 | Poland | 85,120 An | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Hungary | 79,310 An | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Madagascar | 77,874 An | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 75,657 An | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Belgium | 72,020 An | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 117 | Gabon | 68,176 An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 118 | Zambia | 66,287 An | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Belarus | 65,512 An | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63,718 An | 2024 | down 35.0% | flat |
| 121 | Botswana | 62,395 An | 2024 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 122 | Gambia | 60,401 An | 2024 | up 202.0% | rising |
| 123 | Guyana | 56,675 An | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 124 | Faroe Islands | 55,910 An | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 125 | Finland | 49,970 An | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 126 | Rwanda | 48,403 An | 2024 | down 59.9% | rising |
| 127 | Congo | 45,769 An | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Lesotho | 43,017 An | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 42,360 An | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Mozambique | 42,157 An | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 131 | Denmark | 41,950 An | 2024 | down 47.7% | rising |
| 132 | Lithuania | 41,290 An | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 40,038 An | 2024 | down 56.0% | flat |
| 134 | Colombia | 32,924 An | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Malaysia | 31,092 An | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Slovakia | 29,880 An | 2024 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Montenegro | 22,578 An | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21,862 An | 2024 | up 150.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Thailand | 12,370 An | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Estonia | 10,890 An | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 10,000 An | 2024 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 9,791 An | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 9,465 An | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 144 | Philippines | 8,967 An | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 8,000 An | 1990 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 146 | Martinique | 7,120 An | 2006 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 147 | Japan | 6,987 An | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Comoros | 6,673 An | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 149 | Honduras | 6,647 An | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 150 | Belize | 6,230 An | 2024 | up 346.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Malta | 6,110 An | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 5,015 An | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 153 | Grenada | 4,415 An | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Bhutan | 3,200 An | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 3,108 An | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,764 An | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 157 | Barbados | 2,576 An | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 158 | El Salvador | 2,543 An | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 159 | Bahamas | 2,173 An | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 2,153 An | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Guadeloupe | 2,150 An | 2006 | up 141.6% | falling |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 2,058 An | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 2,000 An | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 164 | Dominica | 1,873 An | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 165 | Mauritius | 1,609 An | 2024 | up 268.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,570 An | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,077 An | 2024 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 168 | Costa Rica | 1,028 An | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 169 | Suriname | 936 An | 2024 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 170 | Singapore | 789 An | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Réunion | 650 An | 2006 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 562 An | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 173 | Republic of Korea | 423 An | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 174 | New Caledonia | 373 An | 2024 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 288 An | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 176 | French Guiana | 250 An | 2006 | down 86.8% | rising |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 201 An | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Jamaica | 140 An | 2024 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 179 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 14 An | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 703.86 million An
- Asia 427.63 million An
- Eastern Asia 207.44 million An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 76.44 million An
- Africa 133.57 million An
- Türkiye 22.57 million An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 127.65 million An
- Middle Africa 14.68 million An
- Southern Asia 124.63 million An
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.38 million An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 103.26 million An
- Syrian Arab Republic 3.90 million An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 86.48 million An
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.48 million An
- Oceania 60.45 million An
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.39 million An
- Europe 59.39 million An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.06 million An
- Western Asia 58.91 million An
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 285,359 An
- Northern Africa 52.69 million An
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 187,708 An
- Western Africa 34.61 million An
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 67,503 An
- Central Asia 31.79 million An
- Republic of Moldova 51,619 An
- European Union (27) 31.05 million An
- Melanesia 12,526 An
- Eastern Africa 25.89 million An
- Timor-Leste 4,500 An
- Americas 22.82 million An
- Polynesia 201 An
- Southern Europe 18.04 million An
- Northern Europe 17.70 million An
- Eastern Europe 17.51 million An
- South America 15.37 million An
- Western Europe 6.14 million An
- Southern Africa 5.70 million An
- South-Eastern Asia 4.85 million An
- Central America 3.52 million An
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.