Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mauritius
Mauritius: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1,609 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mauritius, 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 Mauritius is 1,609 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 268.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritius peaked at 5,100 An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 318 An, in 2013.
That places Mauritius 165th 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,929 An | — |
| 1962 | 4,069 An | -17.4% |
| 1963 | 4,637 An | +14.0% |
| 1964 | 4,524 An | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 4,198 An | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 3,672 An | -12.5% |
| 1967 | 3,108 An | -15.4% |
| 1968 | 2,294 An | -26.2% |
| 1969 | 2,710 An | +18.1% |
| 1970 | 3,057 An | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 2,620 An | -14.3% |
| 1972 | 2,943 An | +12.3% |
| 1973 | 2,600 An | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 3,000 An | +15.4% |
| 1975 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,075 An | -30.8% |
| 1977 | 2,775 An | +33.7% |
| 1978 | 2,838 An | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 3,236 An | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 4,189 An | +29.4% |
| 1981 | 2,874 An | -31.4% |
| 1982 | 2,438 An | -15.2% |
| 1983 | 2,254 An | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 2,082 An | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 2,058 An | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 2,552 An | +24.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 An | +56.7% |
| 1988 | 4,825 An | +20.6% |
| 1989 | 5,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,800 An | -24.0% |
| 1992 | 4,500 An | +18.4% |
| 1993 | 3,500 An | -22.2% |
| 1994 | 4,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 3,800 An | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 3,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,900 An | +22.5% |
| 2001 | 3,400 An | -30.6% |
| 2002 | 5,100 An | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 3,400 An | -33.3% |
| 2004 | 2,855 An | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 2,159 An | -24.4% |
| 2006 | 1,174 An | -45.6% |
| 2007 | 588 An | -49.9% |
| 2008 | 562 An | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 901 An | +60.3% |
| 2010 | 841 An | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 627 An | -25.4% |
| 2012 | 577 An | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 318 An | -44.9% |
| 2014 | 437 An | +37.4% |
| 2015 | 443 An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 648 An | +46.3% |
| 2017 | 1,624 An | +150.6% |
| 2018 | 1,590 An | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 1,002 An | -37.0% |
| 2020 | 1,197 An | +19.5% |
| 2021 | 1,110 An | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 2,103 An | +89.5% |
| 2023 | 1,614 An | -23.3% |
| 2024 | 1,609 An | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,793 An | 2,294 An | 4,929 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,814 An | 2,075 An | 3,236 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,227 An | 2,058 An | 5,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,040 An | 3,500 An | 5,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,504 An | 562 An | 5,100 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 810.7 An | 318 An | 1,624 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,527 An | 1,110 An | 2,103 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 162 Nicaragua 2,058 An compare
- 163 Luxembourg 2,000 An compare
- 164 Dominica 1,873 An compare
- 166 Brunei Darussalam 1,570 An compare
- 167 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,077 An compare
- 168 Costa Rica 1,028 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritius?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritius was 1,609 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 5,100 An in 2002.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 318 An in 2013.
- How does Mauritius rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Mauritius ranks 165th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 268.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.