Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eswatini
Eswatini: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 9,465 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 9,465 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eswatini peaked at 20,000 An in 1969 and was at its lowest, 4,000 An, in 1968.
Eswatini ranks 143rd of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 An | +100.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 An | -50.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 An | +100.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,000 An | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 An | -60.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 An | +400.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 An | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 9,000 An | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 13,000 An | +30.0% |
| 1976 | 13,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 15,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 11,000 An | -26.7% |
| 1980 | 13,000 An | +18.2% |
| 1981 | 13,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 16,000 An | +23.1% |
| 1983 | 15,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 14,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 12,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 15,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 19,000 An | +26.7% |
| 1988 | 10,000 An | -47.4% |
| 1989 | 11,500 An | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 6,200 An | -46.1% |
| 1991 | 6,900 An | +11.3% |
| 1992 | 8,000 An | +15.9% |
| 1993 | 12,500 An | +56.2% |
| 1994 | 12,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 14,000 An | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 14,500 An | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 11,687 An | -19.4% |
| 1998 | 11,294 An | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 11,063 An | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 13,500 An | +22.0% |
| 2001 | 12,123 An | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 12,075 An | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 12,001 An | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 11,903 An | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 11,783 An | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 11,647 An | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 10,517 An | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 10,428 An | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 9,713 An | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 9,493 An | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 9,276 An | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 9,066 An | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 8,867 An | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 8,682 An | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 7,636 An | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 8,598 An | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 8,310 An | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 8,233 An | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 8,820 An | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 8,747 An | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 9,196 An | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 9,251 An | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 9,317 An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 9,465 An | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,111 An | 4,000 An | 20,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,500 An | 9,000 An | 20,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,850 An | 10,000 An | 19,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,864 An | 6,200 An | 14,500 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,569 An | 9,713 An | 13,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,698 An | 7,636 An | 9,493 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,195 An | 8,747 An | 9,465 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 140 Estonia 10,890 An compare
- 141 Fiji 10,000 An compare
- 142 Equatorial Guinea 9,791 An compare
- 144 Philippines 8,967 An compare
- 145 Sri Lanka 8,000 An compare
- 146 Martinique 7,120 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eswatini?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eswatini was 9,465 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 An in 1969.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 An in 1968.
- How does Eswatini rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Eswatini ranks 143rd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.