Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cyprus
Cyprus: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 156,600 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 156,600 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Cyprus peaked at 370,000 An in 1973 and was at its lowest, 111,500 An, in 2004.
Cyprus ranks 101st of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,602 An | — |
| 1962 | 155,850 An | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 158,613 An | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 191,240 An | +20.6% |
| 1965 | 195,880 An | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 203,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 210,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 222,000 An | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 237,000 An | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 269,500 An | +13.7% |
| 1971 | 299,000 An | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 311,600 An | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 370,000 An | +18.7% |
| 1974 | 263,500 An | -28.8% |
| 1975 | 127,200 An | -51.7% |
| 1976 | 143,630 An | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 160,550 An | +11.8% |
| 1978 | 211,000 An | +31.4% |
| 1979 | 202,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 204,800 An | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 190,500 An | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 199,500 An | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 185,500 An | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 194,000 An | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 230,000 An | +18.6% |
| 1986 | 234,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 275,000 An | +17.5% |
| 1988 | 252,000 An | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 204,000 An | -19.0% |
| 1990 | 200,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 165,000 An | -17.5% |
| 1992 | 168,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 164,000 An | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 170,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 168,000 An | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 161,000 An | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 167,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 190,000 An | +13.8% |
| 1999 | 175,000 An | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 163,000 An | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 164,000 An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 190,500 An | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 131,214 An | -31.1% |
| 2004 | 111,500 An | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 119,241 An | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 129,944 An | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 132,875 An | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 151,997 An | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 136,705 An | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 135,796 An | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 140,623 An | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 159,674 An | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 160,521 An | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 152,042 An | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 158,360 An | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 144,130 An | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 155,125 An | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 171,430 An | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 175,110 An | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 159,070 An | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 167,650 An | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 190,190 An | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 175,000 An | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 156,600 An | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193,243 An | 155,850 An | 237,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 235,798 An | 127,200 An | 370,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 216,930 An | 185,500 An | 275,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 172,800 An | 161,000 An | 200,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 143,098 An | 111,500 An | 190,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 155,281 An | 135,796 An | 175,110 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 169,702 An | 156,600 An | 190,190 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Cyprus?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Cyprus was 156,600 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 370,000 An in 1973.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 111,500 An in 2004.
- How does Cyprus rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Cyprus ranks 101st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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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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.