Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan
Japan: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 6,987 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan stood at 6,987 An.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan peaked at 121,535 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,378 An, in 1974.
Japan ranks 147th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Japan, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 121,535 An | — |
| 1962 | 81,995 An | -32.5% |
| 1963 | 67,778 An | -17.3% |
| 1964 | 47,767 An | -29.5% |
| 1965 | 33,437 An | -30.0% |
| 1966 | 22,133 An | -33.8% |
| 1967 | 14,899 An | -32.7% |
| 1968 | 12,328 An | -17.3% |
| 1969 | 10,285 An | -16.6% |
| 1970 | 6,578 An | -36.0% |
| 1971 | 4,171 An | -36.6% |
| 1972 | 2,850 An | -31.7% |
| 1973 | 1,883 An | -33.9% |
| 1974 | 1,378 An | -26.8% |
| 1975 | 1,687 An | +22.4% |
| 1976 | 1,592 An | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 1,602 An | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 1,425 An | -11.0% |
| 1979 | 1,425 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,657 An | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 2,178 An | +31.4% |
| 1982 | 3,122 An | +43.3% |
| 1983 | 3,952 An | +26.6% |
| 1984 | 4,485 An | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 5,488 An | +22.4% |
| 1986 | 6,184 An | +12.7% |
| 1987 | 7,138 An | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 7,623 An | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 8,163 An | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 9,632 An | +18.0% |
| 1991 | 9,498 An | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 9,412 An | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 9,159 An | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 9,100 An | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 7,900 An | -13.2% |
| 1996 | 7,000 An | -11.4% |
| 1997 | 6,241 An | -10.8% |
| 1998 | 5,023 An | -19.5% |
| 1999 | 4,486 An | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 3,597 An | -19.8% |
| 2001 | 3,961 An | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 3,650 An | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 3,609 An | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 3,954 An | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 3,610 An | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 3,292 An | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 3,792 An | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 4,442 An | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 5,252 An | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 5,300 An | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,460 An | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 5,680 An | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 5,750 An | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 5,870 An | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 5,953 An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 6,134 An | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 6,003 An | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 6,000 An | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 6,011 An | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 6,091 An | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 6,201 An | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 6,422 An | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 6,685 An | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 6,987 An | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,795 An | 10,285 An | 121,535 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,459 An | 1,378 An | 6,578 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,999 An | 1,657 An | 8,163 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,745 An | 4,486 An | 9,632 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,916 An | 3,292 An | 5,252 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,816 An | 5,300 An | 6,134 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,477 An | 6,091 An | 6,987 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan was 6,987 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 121,535 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,378 An in 1974.
- How does Japan rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Japan ranks 147th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan 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.