Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bhutan
Bhutan: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3,200 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan is 3,200 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.7% on the previous year and down 14.3% over five years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bhutan peaked at 20,000 An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 3,197 An, in 2022.
Bhutan ranks 154th of 179 countries on this measure, 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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,700 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,900 An | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 4,100 An | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 4,500 An | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 4,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,300 An | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 5,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,500 An | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 5,800 An | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 6,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,500 An | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 6,000 An | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 7,000 An | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 7,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 8,500 An | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 11,000 An | +29.4% |
| 1985 | 13,500 An | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 8,000 An | -40.7% |
| 1987 | 17,000 An | +112.5% |
| 1988 | 19,000 An | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 20,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 19,000 An | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 3,732 An | -80.4% |
| 2022 | 3,197 An | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 3,750 An | +17.3% |
| 2024 | 3,200 An | -14.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,500 An | 3,700 An | 5,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,840 An | 5,300 An | 6,500 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,900 An | 7,000 An | 20,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,000 An | 19,000 An | 19,000 An | 1 |
| 2020s | 3,470 An | 3,197 An | 3,750 An | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 151 Malta 6,110 An compare
- 152 Saint Lucia 5,015 An compare
- 153 Grenada 4,415 An compare
- 155 Puerto Rico 3,108 An compare
- 156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,764 An compare
- 157 Barbados 2,576 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bhutan?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bhutan was 3,200 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 An in 1989.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,197 An in 2022.
- How does Bhutan rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Bhutan ranks 154th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.