Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Colombia
Colombia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 32,924 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Colombia, 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 Colombia stood at 32,924 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Colombia peaked at 691,000 An in 1983 and was at its lowest, 11,702 An, in 2012.
Colombia ranks 134th of 179 countries on this measure, 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 230,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 270,000 An | +17.4% |
| 1963 | 300,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 350,000 An | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 380,000 An | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 408,000 An | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 419,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 440,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 436,000 An | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 471,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 486,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 460,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 435,000 An | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 453,000 An | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 461,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 489,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 491,700 An | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 518,750 An | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 562,000 An | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 581,200 An | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 626,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 685,000 An | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 691,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 641,255 An | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 650,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 634,375 An | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 638,800 An | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 648,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 572,022 An | -11.7% |
| 1990 | 569,993 An | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 560,997 An | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 598,828 An | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 677,587 An | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 678,000 An | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 685,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 561,838 An | -18.0% |
| 1997 | 527,648 An | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 437,048 An | -17.2% |
| 1999 | 462,796 An | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 462,078 An | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 434,838 An | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 374,659 An | -13.8% |
| 2003 | 348,269 An | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 277,751 An | -20.2% |
| 2005 | 217,386 An | -21.7% |
| 2006 | 193,478 An | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 165,049 An | -14.7% |
| 2008 | 142,772 An | -13.5% |
| 2009 | 13,094 An | -90.8% |
| 2010 | 17,106 An | +30.6% |
| 2011 | 19,028 An | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 11,702 An | -38.5% |
| 2013 | 19,523 An | +66.8% |
| 2014 | 27,457 An | +40.6% |
| 2015 | 35,830 An | +30.5% |
| 2016 | 48,716 An | +36.0% |
| 2017 | 47,629 An | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 54,704 An | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 65,944 An | +20.5% |
| 2020 | 38,434 An | -41.7% |
| 2021 | 36,001 An | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 37,078 An | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 34,501 An | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 32,924 An | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 359,222 An | 230,000 An | 440,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 482,745 An | 435,000 An | 562,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 636,765 An | 572,022 An | 691,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 575,974 An | 437,048 An | 685,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 262,937 An | 13,094 An | 462,078 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,764 An | 11,702 An | 65,944 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,788 An | 32,924 An | 38,434 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Colombia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Colombia was 32,924 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 691,000 An in 1983.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,702 An in 2012.
- How does Colombia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Colombia ranks 134th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia 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.