Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nepal
Nepal: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 238,688 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nepal, 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 Nepal is 238,688 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.2% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Nepal peaked at 341,000 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 180,000 An, in 1961.
That places Nepal 92nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 183,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 187,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 190,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 193,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 197,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 200,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 203,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 207,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 210,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 213,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 217,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 220,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 223,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 227,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 230,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 233,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 237,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 240,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 243,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 247,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 237,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 240,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 257,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 258,600 An | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 266,100 An | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 306,204 An | +15.1% |
| 1988 | 319,576 An | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 333,232 An | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 326,580 An | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 331,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 335,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 340,727 An | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 339,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 341,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 318,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 322,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 322,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 320,000 An | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 318,000 An | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 317,500 An | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 314,000 An | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 310,500 An | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 309,000 An | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 305,000 An | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 304,000 An | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 305,000 An | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 305,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 301,000 An | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 299,000 An | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 302,000 An | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 302,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 302,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 300,000 An | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 298,750 An | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 301,262 An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 301,631 An | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 301,272 An | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 300,668 An | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 303,470 An | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 298,911 An | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 290,520 An | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 189,109 An | -34.9% |
| 2024 | 238,688 An | +26.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193,333 An | 180,000 An | 207,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 225,000 An | 210,000 An | 240,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 270,771 An | 237,000 An | 333,232 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 329,531 An | 318,000 An | 341,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 308,900 An | 301,000 An | 318,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 300,858 An | 298,750 An | 302,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 264,140 An | 189,109 An | 303,470 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 89 Austria 339,190 An compare
- 90 Angola 288,763 An compare
- 91 United Arab Emirates 256,566 An compare
- 93 Switzerland 225,889 An compare
- 94 Belgium-Luxembourg 220,000 An compare
- 95 Sweden 218,110 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2156 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 331.1 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.33 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Nepal?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Nepal was 238,688 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 341,000 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 180,000 An in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Nepal ranks 92nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.