Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.05 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bangladesh, 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 Bangladesh stood at 1.05 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bangladesh peaked at 1.05 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 123,000 An, in 1970.
That places Bangladesh 65th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 162,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 175,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 223,000 An | +27.4% |
| 1965 | 150,000 An | -32.7% |
| 1966 | 138,000 An | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 125,000 An | -9.4% |
| 1968 | 125,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 125,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 123,000 An | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 150,000 An | +22.0% |
| 1972 | 188,000 An | +25.3% |
| 1973 | 235,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 250,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 267,000 An | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 284,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 303,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 250,000 An | -17.5% |
| 1979 | 265,000 An | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 147,000 An | -44.5% |
| 1981 | 150,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 154,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 157,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 169,732 An | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 177,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 185,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 193,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 201,000 An | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 210,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 218,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 226,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 235,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 247,000 An | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 280,000 An | +13.4% |
| 1995 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 365,000 An | +30.4% |
| 1997 | 313,000 An | -14.2% |
| 1998 | 370,000 An | +18.2% |
| 1999 | 332,090 An | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 343,237 An | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 355,103 An | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 466,667 An | +31.4% |
| 2003 | 606,932 An | +30.1% |
| 2004 | 641,193 An | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 671,595 An | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 693,900 An | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 723,600 An | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 750,600 An | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 776,800 An | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 803,800 An | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 810,500 An | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 832,100 An | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 848,600 An | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 833,333 An | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 833,333 An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 900,500 An | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 918,300 An | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 936,400 An | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 955,000 An | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 973,900 An | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 993,300 An | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 1.01 million An | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.03 million An | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1.05 million An | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152,556 An | 125,000 An | 223,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 231,500 An | 123,000 An | 303,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 174,373 An | 147,000 An | 210,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 286,609 An | 218,000 An | 370,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 602,963 An | 343,237 An | 776,800 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 867,187 An | 803,800 An | 955,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 million An | 973,900 An | 1.05 million An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.4% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bangladesh?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bangladesh was 1.05 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 123,000 An in 1970.
- How does Bangladesh rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Bangladesh ranks 65th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.