Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Americas
Americas: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 22.82 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Americas stood at 22.82 million An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Americas peaked at 40.03 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 21.23 million An, in 2017.
Americas ranks 16th of 29 groups 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 in Americas, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40.03 million An | — |
| 1962 | 40.00 million An | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 37.82 million An | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 35.34 million An | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 36.22 million An | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 37.57 million An | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 37.95 million An | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 38.55 million An | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 35.80 million An | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 36.62 million An | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 36.28 million An | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 31.84 million An | -12.2% |
| 1973 | 30.49 million An | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 30.07 million An | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 29.86 million An | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 28.47 million An | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 27.52 million An | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 25.53 million An | -7.2% |
| 1979 | 24.99 million An | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 24.45 million An | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 26.66 million An | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 27.28 million An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 26.78 million An | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 26.16 million An | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 26.33 million An | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 26.09 million An | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 26.30 million An | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 26.50 million An | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 27.16 million An | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 28.51 million An | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 27.60 million An | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 27.71 million An | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 28.31 million An | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 27.87 million An | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 25.67 million An | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 25.23 million An | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 24.92 million An | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 24.53 million An | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 25.38 million An | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 25.47 million An | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 25.65 million An | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 24.24 million An | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 24.14 million An | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 23.80 million An | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 24.28 million An | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 24.04 million An | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 23.60 million An | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 23.95 million An | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 24.83 million An | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 23.90 million An | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 23.59 million An | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 23.07 million An | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 22.93 million An | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 23.07 million An | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 21.97 million An | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 21.60 million An | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 21.23 million An | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 21.69 million An | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 22.39 million An | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 22.83 million An | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 22.91 million An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 22.93 million An | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 23.15 million An | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 22.82 million An | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37.70 million An | 35.34 million An | 40.03 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 30.17 million An | 24.99 million An | 36.62 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.37 million An | 24.45 million An | 27.28 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.57 million An | 24.53 million An | 28.51 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.40 million An | 23.60 million An | 25.65 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.54 million An | 21.23 million An | 23.90 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.93 million An | 22.82 million An | 23.15 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 13 Ethiopia 13.58 million An compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.87 million An compare
- 15 Chad 12.38 million An compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 4,500 An compare
- 16 Morocco 11.90 million An compare
- 17 Russian Federation 10.75 million An compare
- 18 Uzbekistan 10.22 million An compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 8.16 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Americas?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Americas was 22.82 million 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 Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 40.03 million An in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.23 million An in 2017.
- How does Americas rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Americas ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas 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.