Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Finland
Finland: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 49,970 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Finland recorded 49,970 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Finland peaked at 144,400 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 31,400 An, in 2003.
Finland ranks 125th 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 Finland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 144,400 An | — |
| 1962 | 131,700 An | -8.8% |
| 1963 | 111,400 An | -15.4% |
| 1964 | 103,900 An | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 94,400 An | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 79,600 An | -15.7% |
| 1967 | 77,500 An | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 65,700 An | -15.2% |
| 1969 | 71,600 An | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 82,000 An | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 104,200 An | +27.1% |
| 1972 | 92,700 An | -11.0% |
| 1973 | 70,900 An | -23.5% |
| 1974 | 72,200 An | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 71,700 An | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 66,200 An | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 64,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 57,300 An | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 58,300 An | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 54,400 An | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 58,900 An | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 64,400 An | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 65,200 An | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 83,900 An | +28.7% |
| 1985 | 92,600 An | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 83,200 An | -10.2% |
| 1987 | 79,500 An | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 62,100 An | -21.9% |
| 1989 | 55,200 An | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 56,600 An | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 54,200 An | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 60,500 An | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 63,100 An | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 71,900 An | +13.9% |
| 1995 | 81,700 An | +13.6% |
| 1996 | 75,400 An | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 72,200 An | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 65,900 An | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 52,300 An | -20.6% |
| 2000 | 41,000 An | -21.6% |
| 2001 | 35,600 An | -13.2% |
| 2002 | 33,600 An | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 31,400 An | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 35,370 An | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 33,900 An | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 35,380 An | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 38,470 An | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 41,720 An | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 41,400 An | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 41,400 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 48,800 An | +17.9% |
| 2012 | 48,500 An | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 50,400 An | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 55,000 An | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 62,320 An | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 66,460 An | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 66,970 An | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 73,850 An | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 71,750 An | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 69,820 An | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 64,060 An | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 63,810 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 54,200 An | -15.1% |
| 2024 | 49,970 An | -7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97,800 An | 65,700 An | 144,400 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,950 An | 57,300 An | 104,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,940 An | 54,400 An | 92,600 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,380 An | 52,300 An | 81,700 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,784 An | 31,400 An | 41,720 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,545 An | 41,400 An | 73,850 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,372 An | 49,970 An | 69,820 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Finland?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Finland was 49,970 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 144,400 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,400 An in 2003.
- How does Finland rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Finland ranks 125th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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.