Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Barbados
Barbados: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2,576 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Barbados, 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 Barbados stood at 2,576 An.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados peaked at 11,500 An in 1979 and was at its lowest, 910 An, in 2001.
That places Barbados 157th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Barbados, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,600 An | — |
| 1962 | 4,700 An | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 4,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,200 An | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 5,600 An | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 5,500 An | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 6,200 An | +12.7% |
| 1968 | 6,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,500 An | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 7,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 7,500 An | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 7,600 An | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 7,700 An | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 8,500 An | +10.4% |
| 1975 | 9,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 9,200 An | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 9,400 An | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 10,500 An | +11.7% |
| 1979 | 11,500 An | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 11,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 10,500 An | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 10,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,800 An | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 9,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,500 An | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 9,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9,300 An | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 1,700 An | -81.7% |
| 1991 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,750 An | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 1,750 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,700 An | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,650 An | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 1,650 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,600 An | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 1,310 An | -18.1% |
| 2000 | 1,310 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 910 An | -30.5% |
| 2002 | 2,100 An | +130.8% |
| 2003 | 2,562 An | +22.0% |
| 2004 | 2,767 An | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 2,250 An | -18.7% |
| 2006 | 2,250 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,050 An | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 2,420 An | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 2,540 An | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 2,950 An | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 3,140 An | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 2,948 An | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 2,848 An | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 2,853 An | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,894 An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 3,141 An | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 2,868 An | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 3,043 An | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 2,621 An | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 2,842 An | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 1,860 An | -34.6% |
| 2022 | 2,405 An | +29.3% |
| 2023 | 2,614 An | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 2,576 An | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,467 An | 4,600 An | 6,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,790 An | 7,000 An | 11,500 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,990 An | 9,300 An | 11,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,651 An | 1,310 An | 1,750 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,116 An | 910 An | 2,767 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,931 An | 2,621 An | 3,141 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,459 An | 1,860 An | 2,842 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 154 Bhutan 3,200 An compare
- 155 Puerto Rico 3,108 An compare
- 156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,764 An compare
- 158 El Salvador 2,543 An compare
- 159 Bahamas 2,173 An compare
- 160 Papua New Guinea 2,153 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.19 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.403 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados was 2,576 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 11,500 An in 1979.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 910 An in 2001.
- How does Barbados rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Barbados ranks 157th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados 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.