Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Albania
Albania: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 998,248 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Albania is 998,248 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.8% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Albania peaked at 2.01 million An in 2007 and was at its lowest, 800,000 An, in 1971.
That places Albania 66th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Albania, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 885,776 An | — |
| 1962 | 860,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 860,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 865,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 870,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 855,000 An | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 1.08 million An | +26.3% |
| 1968 | 995,000 An | -7.9% |
| 1969 | 850,000 An | -14.6% |
| 1970 | 860,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 800,000 An | -7.0% |
| 1972 | 830,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 830,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 884,000 An | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 896,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 908,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 920,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 925,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 870,000 An | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 890,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 900,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 927,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 933,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 935,000 An | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 930,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 900,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 900,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 920,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 990,000 An | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 950,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 980,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 1.11 million An | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 1.16 million An | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 1.40 million An | +20.7% |
| 1995 | 1.70 million An | +21.4% |
| 1996 | 1.35 million An | -20.6% |
| 1997 | 1.30 million An | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 1.28 million An | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1.29 million An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.36 million An | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 1.36 million An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.36 million An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.36 million An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.50 million An | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 1.46 million An | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 1.52 million An | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 2.01 million An | +32.6% |
| 2008 | 1.66 million An | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 1.73 million An | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1.49 million An | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 1.61 million An | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 1.20 million An | -25.5% |
| 2013 | 1.21 million An | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.28 million An | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 1.31 million An | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1.38 million An | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 1.38 million An | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.13 million An | -17.8% |
| 2019 | 1.33 million An | +17.3% |
| 2020 | 1.22 million An | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million An | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 1.18 million An | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 1.09 million An | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 998,248 An | -8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 902,308 An | 850,000 An | 1.08 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 872,300 An | 800,000 An | 925,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 922,500 An | 890,000 An | 990,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.25 million An | 950,000 An | 1.70 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.53 million An | 1.36 million An | 2.01 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.33 million An | 1.13 million An | 1.61 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 million An | 998,248 An | 1.27 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Albania?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Albania was 998,248 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 million An in 2007.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 800,000 An in 1971.
- How does Albania rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Albania ranks 66th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.