Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Guatemala
Guatemala: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 135,499 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 135,499 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Guatemala peaked at 280,000 An in 1965 and was at its lowest, 54,381 An, in 2000.
That places Guatemala 104th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Guatemala, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 203,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 237,700 An | +17.1% |
| 1963 | 210,700 An | -11.4% |
| 1964 | 224,500 An | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 280,000 An | +24.7% |
| 1966 | 157,800 An | -43.6% |
| 1967 | 189,500 An | +20.1% |
| 1968 | 169,400 An | -10.6% |
| 1969 | 165,100 An | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 185,000 An | +12.1% |
| 1971 | 180,800 An | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 170,000 An | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 185,000 An | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 181,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 175,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 181,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 195,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 190,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 190,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 141,000 An | -25.8% |
| 1981 | 100,000 An | -29.1% |
| 1982 | 104,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 111,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 111,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 133,000 An | +19.8% |
| 1986 | 141,000 An | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 126,000 An | -10.6% |
| 1988 | 134,000 An | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 132,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 135,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 99,253 An | -26.5% |
| 1992 | 97,394 An | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 99,679 An | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 113,295 An | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 118,983 An | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 125,000 An | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 107,694 An | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 90,708 An | -15.8% |
| 1999 | 73,716 An | -18.7% |
| 2000 | 54,381 An | -26.2% |
| 2001 | 129,873 An | +138.8% |
| 2002 | 111,800 An | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 91,305 An | -18.3% |
| 2004 | 91,335 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 112,244 An | +22.9% |
| 2006 | 125,817 An | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 126,361 An | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 126,700 An | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 127,587 An | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 128,281 An | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 128,758 An | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 130,192 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 132,057 An | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 131,900 An | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 134,000 An | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 136,500 An | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 135,305 An | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 131,087 An | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 132,296 An | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 132,514 An | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 134,669 An | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 134,625 An | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 135,068 An | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 135,499 An | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 204,189 An | 157,800 An | 280,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 183,280 An | 170,000 An | 195,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 123,300 An | 100,000 An | 141,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 106,072 An | 73,716 An | 135,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 109,740 An | 54,381 An | 129,873 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 132,038 An | 128,281 An | 136,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 134,475 An | 132,514 An | 135,499 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0955 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 630.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.437 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Guatemala?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Guatemala was 135,499 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 280,000 An in 1965.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,381 An in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Guatemala ranks 104th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.