Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malaysia
Malaysia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 31,092 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia is 31,092 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malaysia peaked at 61,861 An in 1962 and was at its lowest, 5,003 An, in 1982.
That places Malaysia 135th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 57,290 An | — |
| 1962 | 61,861 An | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 58,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 46,021 An | -20.7% |
| 1965 | 45,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 45,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 36,864 An | -18.1% |
| 1968 | 37,500 An | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 50,000 An | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 52,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 53,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 57,000 An | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 24,313 An | -57.3% |
| 1974 | 21,557 An | -11.3% |
| 1975 | 27,318 An | +26.7% |
| 1976 | 34,340 An | +25.7% |
| 1977 | 30,000 An | -12.6% |
| 1978 | 21,000 An | -30.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 An | -28.6% |
| 1980 | 9,660 An | -35.6% |
| 1981 | 7,004 An | -27.5% |
| 1982 | 5,003 An | -28.6% |
| 1983 | 20,000 An | +299.8% |
| 1984 | 9,200 An | -54.0% |
| 1985 | 7,100 An | -22.8% |
| 1986 | 11,100 An | +56.3% |
| 1987 | 15,000 An | +35.1% |
| 1988 | 25,000 An | +66.7% |
| 1989 | 20,000 An | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 10,767 An | -46.2% |
| 1992 | 10,636 An | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 8,657 An | -18.6% |
| 1994 | 8,068 An | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 9,989 An | +23.8% |
| 1996 | 10,162 An | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 9,395 An | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 7,657 An | -18.5% |
| 1999 | 9,837 An | +28.5% |
| 2000 | 11,479 An | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 8,630 An | -24.8% |
| 2002 | 8,744 An | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 8,080 An | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 8,340 An | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 8,820 An | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 9,600 An | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 10,680 An | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 11,760 An | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 12,980 An | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 14,320 An | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 16,460 An | +14.9% |
| 2012 | 23,140 An | +40.6% |
| 2013 | 28,600 An | +23.6% |
| 2014 | 31,020 An | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 29,540 An | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 35,980 An | +21.8% |
| 2017 | 40,635 An | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 37,591 An | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 40,580 An | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 41,876 An | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 31,327 An | -25.2% |
| 2022 | 29,792 An | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 34,193 An | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 31,092 An | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,615 An | 36,864 An | 61,861 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,553 An | 15,000 An | 57,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,907 An | 5,003 An | 25,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,517 An | 7,657 An | 20,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,911 An | 8,080 An | 12,980 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,787 An | 14,320 An | 40,635 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,656 An | 29,792 An | 41,876 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0822 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,078 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.913 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2261 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malaysia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malaysia was 31,092 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 61,861 An in 1962.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,003 An in 1982.
- How does Malaysia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Malaysia ranks 135th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.