Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Madagascar
Madagascar: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 77,874 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar stood at 77,874 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Madagascar peaked at 221,000 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 54,000 An, in 2001.
That places Madagascar 114th 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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70,500 An | — |
| 1962 | 88,500 An | +25.5% |
| 1963 | 109,400 An | +23.6% |
| 1964 | 112,700 An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 120,800 An | +7.2% |
| 1966 | 141,000 An | +16.7% |
| 1967 | 141,800 An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 173,100 An | +22.1% |
| 1969 | 185,600 An | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 194,100 An | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 199,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 200,800 An | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 196,700 An | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 189,700 An | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 193,200 An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 182,200 An | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 170,100 An | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 174,800 An | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 120,000 An | -31.4% |
| 1980 | 183,500 An | +52.9% |
| 1981 | 200,500 An | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 185,000 An | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 147,000 An | -20.5% |
| 1984 | 154,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 176,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 157,000 An | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 193,000 An | +22.9% |
| 1988 | 202,000 An | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 216,000 An | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 221,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 64,000 An | -71.0% |
| 1992 | 65,500 An | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 67,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 69,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 70,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 64,500 An | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 69,496 An | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 63,116 An | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 57,771 An | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 56,762 An | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 54,000 An | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 62,677 An | +16.1% |
| 2003 | 80,132 An | +27.8% |
| 2004 | 75,458 An | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 65,089 An | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 60,500 An | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 67,347 An | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 68,508 An | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 69,378 An | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 70,449 An | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 73,617 An | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 74,380 An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 73,781 An | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 70,840 An | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 72,740 An | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 75,750 An | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 70,240 An | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 71,500 An | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 72,770 An | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 74,209 An | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 78,944 An | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 81,248 An | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 80,276 An | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 77,874 An | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 127,044 An | 70,500 An | 185,600 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 182,060 An | 120,000 An | 200,800 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 181,400 An | 147,000 An | 216,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,138 An | 57,771 An | 221,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,985 An | 54,000 An | 80,132 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,607 An | 70,240 An | 75,750 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,510 An | 74,209 An | 81,248 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Madagascar?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Madagascar was 77,874 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 221,000 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,000 An in 2001.
- How does Madagascar rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Madagascar ranks 114th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.