Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mongolia
Mongolia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 7.81 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 7.81 million An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 26.5% on the previous year and up 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Mongolia peaked at 12.51 million An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.30 million An, in 1961.
That places Mongolia 22nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.30 million An | — |
| 1962 | 2.60 million An | +13.0% |
| 1963 | 2.75 million An | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 2.50 million An | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 2.60 million An | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 2.60 million An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2.80 million An | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 3.00 million An | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 3.30 million An | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 3.50 million An | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 3.40 million An | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 3.58 million An | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 3.60 million An | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 4.20 million An | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 5.00 million An | +19.0% |
| 1976 | 4.30 million An | -14.0% |
| 1977 | 3.80 million An | -11.6% |
| 1978 | 4.60 million An | +21.1% |
| 1979 | 4.50 million An | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 4.60 million An | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 5.20 million An | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 5.50 million An | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 5.10 million An | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 5.20 million An | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 4.80 million An | -7.7% |
| 1986 | 5.10 million An | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 4.82 million An | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 5.02 million An | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 5.44 million An | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 5.30 million An | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 6.17 million An | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 5.26 million An | -14.8% |
| 1993 | 4.85 million An | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 4.64 million An | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 4.63 million An | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 4.74 million An | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 4.06 million An | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 4.22 million An | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 4.40 million An | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 4.31 million An | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 3.92 million An | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 3.74 million An | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 3.10 million An | -17.0% |
| 2004 | 3.20 million An | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 2.92 million An | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 2.90 million An | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 3.56 million An | +23.0% |
| 2008 | 4.08 million An | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 4.95 million An | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 4.33 million An | -12.7% |
| 2011 | 4.42 million An | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3.61 million An | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 4.86 million An | +34.9% |
| 2014 | 5.83 million An | +19.9% |
| 2015 | 6.41 million An | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 7.16 million An | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 7.09 million An | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 8.73 million An | +23.1% |
| 2019 | 9.65 million An | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 12.51 million An | +29.6% |
| 2021 | 8.30 million An | -33.7% |
| 2022 | 10.53 million An | +26.9% |
| 2023 | 10.62 million An | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 7.81 million An | -26.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.72 million An | 2.30 million An | 3.30 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.05 million An | 3.40 million An | 5.00 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.08 million An | 4.60 million An | 5.50 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.83 million An | 4.06 million An | 6.17 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.67 million An | 2.90 million An | 4.95 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.21 million An | 3.61 million An | 9.65 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.95 million An | 7.81 million An | 12.51 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 8.16 million An compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 8.05 million An compare
- 21 Spain 7.90 million An compare
- 23 Brazil 6.83 million An compare
- 24 Kazakhstan 6.53 million An compare
- 25 Tajikistan 6.49 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Mongolia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Mongolia was 7.81 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.51 million An in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.30 million An in 1961.
- How does Mongolia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Mongolia ranks 22nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.