Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jordan
Jordan: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.98 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jordan, 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 Jordan stood at 1.98 million An.
The figure is down 11.2% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jordan peaked at 3.06 million An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 184,000 An, in 1976.
Jordan ranks 49th 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 Jordan, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 417,600 An | +39.2% |
| 1963 | 373,500 An | -10.6% |
| 1964 | 370,600 An | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 405,900 An | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 500,000 An | +23.2% |
| 1967 | 376,500 An | -24.7% |
| 1968 | 402,900 An | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 367,600 An | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 370,600 An | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 455,000 An | +22.8% |
| 1972 | 450,000 An | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 452,900 An | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 270,600 An | -40.3% |
| 1975 | 250,000 An | -7.6% |
| 1976 | 184,000 An | -26.4% |
| 1977 | 188,400 An | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 210,000 An | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 253,000 An | +20.5% |
| 1980 | 270,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 295,700 An | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 314,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 444,200 An | +41.5% |
| 1984 | 295,400 An | -33.5% |
| 1985 | 280,400 An | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 269,500 An | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 351,423 An | +30.4% |
| 1988 | 353,310 An | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 424,255 An | +20.1% |
| 1990 | 565,900 An | +33.4% |
| 1991 | 715,500 An | +26.4% |
| 1992 | 541,000 An | -24.4% |
| 1993 | 523,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 494,000 An | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 703,300 An | +42.4% |
| 1996 | 723,600 An | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 605,000 An | -16.4% |
| 1998 | 749,152 An | +23.8% |
| 1999 | 722,437 An | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 962,335 An | +33.2% |
| 2001 | 1.00 million An | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 1.18 million An | +17.2% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million An | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 1.29 million An | +19.3% |
| 2005 | 1.13 million An | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 1.05 million An | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 1.63 million An | +55.0% |
| 2008 | 1.29 million An | -20.8% |
| 2009 | 1.69 million An | +31.3% |
| 2010 | 1.48 million An | -12.8% |
| 2011 | 1.00 million An | -32.0% |
| 2012 | 1.47 million An | +46.0% |
| 2013 | 1.58 million An | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 1.77 million An | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 1.71 million An | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 1.92 million An | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 2.07 million An | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 1.99 million An | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 1.95 million An | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.92 million An | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 2.86 million An | +48.7% |
| 2022 | 3.06 million An | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 2.23 million An | -27.0% |
| 2024 | 1.98 million An | -11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 390,511 An | 300,000 An | 500,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 308,450 An | 184,000 An | 455,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 329,819 An | 269,500 An | 444,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 634,289 An | 494,000 An | 749,152 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.23 million An | 962,335 An | 1.69 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.69 million An | 1.00 million An | 2.07 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.41 million An | 1.92 million An | 3.06 million An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0556 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 297.43 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0679 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jordan?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jordan was 1.98 million 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.06 million An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 184,000 An in 1976.
- How does Jordan rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Jordan ranks 49th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jordan 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.