Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 52.69 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa stood at 52.69 million An.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Africa peaked at 55.74 million An in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.34 million An, in 1963.
That places Northern Africa 11th out of 29 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.76 million An | — |
| 1962 | 11.03 million An | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 10.34 million An | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 11.17 million An | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 11.61 million An | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 12.15 million An | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 12.54 million An | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 13.14 million An | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 13.87 million An | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 14.47 million An | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 15.31 million An | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 15.61 million An | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 16.41 million An | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 16.73 million An | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 16.77 million An | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 17.11 million An | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 17.72 million An | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 18.67 million An | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 18.56 million An | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 20.17 million An | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 21.77 million An | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 20.32 million An | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 21.22 million An | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 22.13 million An | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 21.77 million An | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 20.96 million An | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 23.90 million An | +14.0% |
| 1988 | 25.54 million An | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 26.75 million An | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 26.49 million An | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 26.97 million An | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 29.18 million An | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 30.72 million An | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 30.78 million An | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 32.83 million An | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 34.73 million An | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 35.89 million An | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 38.58 million An | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 41.21 million An | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 42.58 million An | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 43.81 million An | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 43.95 million An | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 44.24 million An | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 45.12 million An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 45.98 million An | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 51.87 million An | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 52.45 million An | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 53.62 million An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 53.90 million An | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 55.74 million An | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 52.59 million An | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 49.17 million An | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 50.30 million An | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 50.22 million An | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 49.47 million An | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 50.33 million An | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 49.92 million An | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 49.97 million An | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 51.11 million An | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 52.78 million An | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 53.42 million An | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 52.98 million An | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 52.58 million An | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 52.69 million An | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.96 million An | 10.34 million An | 13.87 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.74 million An | 14.47 million An | 18.67 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.45 million An | 20.17 million An | 26.75 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.74 million An | 26.49 million An | 41.21 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.75 million An | 42.58 million An | 53.90 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.88 million An | 49.17 million An | 55.74 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.89 million An | 52.58 million An | 53.42 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.39 million An compare
- 8 Nigeria 19.69 million An compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 19.29 million An compare
- 10 Algeria 18.75 million An compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 285,359 An compare
- 11 Pakistan 15.71 million An compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 187,708 An compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 67,503 An compare
- 12 Sudan 15.35 million An compare
- 13 Ethiopia 13.58 million An compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 51,619 An compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.87 million An compare
- 14 Melanesia 12,526 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Africa?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Africa was 52.69 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 55.74 million An in 2010.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.34 million An in 1963.
- How does Northern Africa rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Northern Africa ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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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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.