Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 17.51 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Europe, 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 Eastern Europe stood at 17.51 million An.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Europe peaked at 87.80 million An in 1963 and was at its lowest, 12.60 million An, in 2002.
Eastern Europe ranks 19th of 29 groups 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 Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 77.50 million An | — |
| 1962 | 82.28 million An | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 87.80 million An | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 86.40 million An | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 79.49 million An | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 81.56 million An | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 79.13 million An | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 75.28 million An | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 73.55 million An | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 73.50 million An | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 71.37 million An | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 69.30 million An | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 69.71 million An | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 71.92 million An | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 75.86 million An | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 65.53 million An | -13.6% |
| 1977 | 65.27 million An | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 66.29 million An | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 66.49 million An | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 65.23 million An | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 64.64 million An | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 66.25 million An | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 66.61 million An | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 70.77 million An | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 68.34 million An | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 72.28 million An | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 71.78 million An | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 74.38 million An | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 77.10 million An | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 77.86 million An | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 72.32 million An | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 36.69 million An | -49.3% |
| 1993 | 37.11 million An | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 31.38 million An | -15.4% |
| 1995 | 27.36 million An | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 25.44 million An | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 21.85 million An | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 19.69 million An | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 16.52 million An | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 15.21 million An | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 13.26 million An | -12.8% |
| 2002 | 12.60 million An | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 14.57 million An | +15.6% |
| 2004 | 14.07 million An | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 14.65 million An | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 14.93 million An | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 15.86 million An | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 16.67 million An | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 17.81 million An | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 17.69 million An | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 17.64 million An | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 18.30 million An | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 18.61 million An | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 19.47 million An | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 19.16 million An | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 20.33 million An | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 19.50 million An | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 18.29 million An | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 18.10 million An | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 17.75 million An | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 17.73 million An | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 17.80 million An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 17.86 million An | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 17.51 million An | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.33 million An | 73.55 million An | 87.80 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 69.53 million An | 65.27 million An | 75.86 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.74 million An | 64.64 million An | 77.10 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.62 million An | 16.52 million An | 77.86 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.96 million An | 12.60 million An | 17.81 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.71 million An | 17.64 million An | 20.33 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.73 million An | 17.51 million An | 17.86 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 16 Morocco 11.90 million An compare
- 16 Polynesia 201 An compare
- 17 Russian Federation 10.75 million An compare
- 18 Uzbekistan 10.22 million An compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 8.16 million An compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 8.05 million An compare
- 21 Spain 7.90 million An compare
- 22 Mongolia 7.81 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Europe?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Europe was 17.51 million 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 Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 87.80 million An in 1963.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.60 million An in 2002.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Eastern Europe ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.