Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Israel
Israel: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 741,181 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Israel, 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 Israel is 741,181 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.6% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Israel peaked at 983,429 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 81,000 An, in 1961.
Israel ranks 69th of 179 countries 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 81,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 86,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 101,000 An | +17.4% |
| 1964 | 102,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 103,500 An | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 135,467 An | +30.9% |
| 1967 | 118,848 An | -12.3% |
| 1968 | 138,080 An | +16.2% |
| 1969 | 146,880 An | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 136,139 An | -7.3% |
| 1971 | 123,116 An | -9.6% |
| 1972 | 141,087 An | +14.6% |
| 1973 | 152,989 An | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 152,323 An | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 148,702 An | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 123,000 An | -17.3% |
| 1977 | 132,000 An | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 139,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 165,000 An | +18.7% |
| 1980 | 146,000 An | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 149,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 154,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 166,000 An | +7.8% |
| 1984 | 166,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 171,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 196,000 An | +14.6% |
| 1987 | 226,000 An | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 260,000 An | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 260,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 250,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 260,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 260,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 257,536 An | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 282,083 An | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 292,009 An | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 325,929 An | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 368,689 An | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 393,785 An | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 414,770 An | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 470,660 An | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 502,585 An | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 526,676 An | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 555,297 An | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 598,570 An | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 652,000 An | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 648,867 An | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 634,692 An | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 632,953 An | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 635,300 An | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 667,000 An | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 723,701 An | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 807,784 An | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 811,721 An | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 900,164 An | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 812,000 An | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 748,408 An | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 870,079 An | +16.3% |
| 2018 | 792,717 An | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 877,450 An | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 861,577 An | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 912,914 An | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 983,429 An | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 910,251 An | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 741,181 An | -18.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 112,531 An | 81,000 An | 146,880 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 141,336 An | 123,000 An | 165,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 189,400 An | 146,000 An | 260,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 310,480 An | 250,000 An | 414,770 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 585,760 An | 470,660 An | 652,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 801,102 An | 667,000 An | 900,164 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 881,870 An | 741,181 An | 983,429 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Israel?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Israel was 741,181 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 983,429 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 81,000 An in 1961.
- How does Israel rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Israel ranks 69th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.