Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Congo
Congo: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 45,769 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Congo recorded 45,769 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Congo peaked at 45,769 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,250 An, in 1971.
Congo ranks 127th 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 Congo, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 9,750 An | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 9,500 An | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 9,250 An | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 9,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 8,750 An | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 8,750 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,750 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,750 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,500 An | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 8,250 An | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 8,250 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,250 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 9,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 9,400 An | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 11,000 An | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 11,400 An | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 13,200 An | +15.8% |
| 1979 | 14,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 12,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 16,500 An | +37.5% |
| 1982 | 17,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 17,500 An | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 21,500 An | +22.9% |
| 1985 | 21,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 27,500 An | +27.9% |
| 1987 | 32,000 An | +16.4% |
| 1988 | 35,000 An | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 37,000 An | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 45,000 An | +21.6% |
| 1991 | 35,500 An | -21.1% |
| 1992 | 36,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 36,500 An | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 36,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 36,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 36,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 37,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 37,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 37,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 33,000 An | -10.8% |
| 2001 | 33,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 34,000 An | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 34,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 34,200 An | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 34,000 An | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 36,500 An | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 40,500 An | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 41,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 43,000 An | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 43,500 An | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 44,500 An | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 43,589 An | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 43,387 An | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 43,757 An | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 44,019 An | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 44,194 An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 44,393 An | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 44,598 An | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 44,731 An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 45,020 An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 45,291 An | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 45,530 An | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 45,769 An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,167 An | 8,750 An | 10,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,125 An | 8,250 An | 14,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,750 An | 12,000 An | 37,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,300 An | 35,500 An | 45,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,420 An | 33,000 An | 41,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,894 An | 43,000 An | 44,598 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,268 An | 44,731 An | 45,769 An | 5 |
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Congo?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Congo was 45,769 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 45,769 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,250 An in 1971.
- How does Congo rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Congo ranks 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Congo 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.