Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Niger
Niger: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 698,713 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Niger stood at 698,713 An.
That represents a change of up 11.5% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Niger peaked at 1.77 million An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 250,684 An, in 2004.
That places Niger 71st out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Niger, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 360,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 450,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 550,000 An | +22.2% |
| 1964 | 590,000 An | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 540,000 An | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 760,000 An | +40.7% |
| 1967 | 820,000 An | +7.9% |
| 1968 | 1.00 million An | +22.0% |
| 1969 | 1.05 million An | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 1.08 million An | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 1.05 million An | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 1.11 million An | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 1.10 million An | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 854,000 An | -22.5% |
| 1975 | 870,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 967,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 1.26 million An | +30.3% |
| 1978 | 1.26 million An | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1.31 million An | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 1.46 million An | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 1.59 million An | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 1.58 million An | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.65 million An | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 1.11 million An | -32.3% |
| 1985 | 940,000 An | -15.7% |
| 1986 | 1.22 million An | +29.9% |
| 1987 | 1.23 million An | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 1.31 million An | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 1.36 million An | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 1.38 million An | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 1.40 million An | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 1.37 million An | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 1.42 million An | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 1.36 million An | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 1.46 million An | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 1.49 million An | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 1.62 million An | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 1.72 million An | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 1.77 million An | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 350,935 An | -80.2% |
| 2001 | 350,565 An | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 338,733 An | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 319,813 An | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 250,684 An | -21.6% |
| 2005 | 376,382 An | +50.1% |
| 2006 | 363,782 An | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 348,723 An | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 343,697 An | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 363,865 An | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 422,171 An | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 458,509 An | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 479,733 An | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 502,893 An | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 555,410 An | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 665,114 An | +19.8% |
| 2016 | 632,293 An | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 643,754 An | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 662,621 An | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 618,307 An | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 666,436 An | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 638,444 An | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 669,709 An | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 626,667 An | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 698,713 An | +11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 680,000 An | 360,000 An | 1.05 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.09 million An | 854,000 An | 1.31 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.35 million An | 940,000 An | 1.65 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.50 million An | 1.36 million An | 1.77 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 340,718 An | 250,684 An | 376,382 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 564,080 An | 422,171 An | 665,114 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 659,994 An | 626,667 An | 698,713 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Niger?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Niger was 698,713 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million An in 1999.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 250,684 An in 2004.
- How does Niger rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Niger ranks 71st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger 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.