Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 14.68 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 14.68 million An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 61.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Middle Africa peaked at 15.66 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.15 million An, in 1961.
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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.15 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.16 million An | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 1.19 million An | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 1.17 million An | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 1.21 million An | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 1.22 million An | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 1.26 million An | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 1.29 million An | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 1.31 million An | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 1.35 million An | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 1.36 million An | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 1.52 million An | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 1.43 million An | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 1.43 million An | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1.46 million An | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1.29 million An | -12.1% |
| 1977 | 1.39 million An | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 1.44 million An | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.48 million An | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 1.52 million An | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 1.58 million An | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 1.61 million An | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 1.65 million An | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 1.74 million An | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 1.83 million An | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 2.09 million An | +14.7% |
| 1987 | 2.21 million An | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 2.39 million An | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 2.58 million An | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 2.77 million An | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 2.81 million An | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 2.94 million An | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 3.06 million An | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 3.20 million An | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 3.34 million An | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 3.47 million An | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 3.64 million An | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 3.82 million An | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 4.01 million An | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 4.22 million An | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 4.45 million An | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 4.67 million An | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 4.91 million An | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 5.17 million An | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 5.46 million An | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 5.72 million An | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 6.02 million An | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 6.12 million An | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 6.42 million An | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 7.11 million An | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 7.54 million An | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 8.02 million An | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 8.36 million An | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 9.10 million An | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 9.65 million An | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 10.22 million An | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 10.77 million An | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 11.30 million An | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 12.00 million An | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 12.80 million An | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 13.74 million An | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 14.66 million An | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 15.66 million An | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 14.68 million An | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.22 million An | 1.15 million An | 1.31 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.42 million An | 1.29 million An | 1.52 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.92 million An | 1.52 million An | 2.58 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.31 million An | 2.77 million An | 4.01 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.32 million An | 4.22 million An | 6.42 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.41 million An | 7.11 million An | 12.00 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.31 million An | 12.80 million An | 15.66 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 China 199.56 million An compare
- 2 China, mainland 199.56 million An compare
- 3 India 89.84 million An compare
- 3 Türkiye 22.57 million An compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 60.44 million An compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.38 million An compare
- 5 USSR 57.69 million An compare
- 6 Australia 38.17 million An compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 3.90 million An compare
- 7 New Zealand 22.26 million An compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 2.48 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Middle Africa?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Middle Africa was 14.68 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 15.66 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.15 million An in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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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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.