Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in El Salvador
El Salvador: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2,543 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador is 2,543 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador peaked at 2,543 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 800 An, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 158th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 An | — |
| 1962 | 800 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 An | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 900 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,100 An | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 1,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,150 An | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 1,150 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,200 An | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 1,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,250 An | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 1,250 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,300 An | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 1,400 An | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 1,500 An | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 1,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,550 An | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 1,550 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,600 An | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 1,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,700 An | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 1,800 An | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,850 An | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 1,900 An | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 1,940 An | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 1,960 An | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 2,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 2,050 An | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 2,140 An | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 2,100 An | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 2,200 An | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 2,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,100 An | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 2,200 An | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 2,200 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,100 An | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 2,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,150 An | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 2,200 An | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 2,200 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,250 An | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 2,250 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,300 An | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,350 An | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 2,400 An | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 2,400 An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,394 An | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,410 An | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,430 An | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2,451 An | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,470 An | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,488 An | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,497 An | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,514 An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,529 An | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,543 An | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 972.22 An | 800 An | 1,150 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,330 An | 1,150 An | 1,550 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,754 An | 1,550 An | 1,940 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,115 An | 1,960 An | 2,200 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,140 An | 2,100 An | 2,250 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,386 An | 2,250 An | 2,470 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,514 An | 2,488 An | 2,543 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 155 Puerto Rico 3,108 An compare
- 156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,764 An compare
- 157 Barbados 2,576 An compare
- 159 Bahamas 2,173 An compare
- 160 Papua New Guinea 2,153 An compare
- 161 Guadeloupe 2,150 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador was 2,543 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,543 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 An in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- El Salvador ranks 158th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.