Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2,153 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 2,153 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea peaked at 2,200 An in 2012 and was at its lowest, 25 An, in 1972.
Papua New Guinea ranks 160th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 188 An | — |
| 1962 | 90 An | -52.1% |
| 1963 | 84 An | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 66 An | -21.4% |
| 1965 | 48 An | -27.3% |
| 1966 | 170 An | +254.2% |
| 1967 | 97 An | -42.9% |
| 1968 | 98 An | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 95 An | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 68 An | -28.4% |
| 1971 | 95 An | +39.7% |
| 1972 | 25 An | -73.7% |
| 1973 | 220 An | +780.0% |
| 1974 | 100 An | -54.5% |
| 1975 | 96 An | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 1,025 An | +967.7% |
| 1977 | 255 An | -75.1% |
| 1978 | 430 An | +68.6% |
| 1979 | 500 An | +16.3% |
| 1980 | 490 An | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 545 An | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 468 An | -14.1% |
| 1983 | 385 An | -17.7% |
| 1984 | 400 An | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 880 An | +120.0% |
| 1986 | 800 An | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 775 An | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 800 An | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 825 An | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 924 An | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 900 An | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 950 An | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 1,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 1,100 An | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 1,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,050 An | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,500 An | +42.9% |
| 1998 | 1,600 An | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 1,600 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,670 An | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 1,670 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 An | +19.8% |
| 2003 | 2,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,800 An | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,000 An | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 2,100 An | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 2,200 An | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 2,122 An | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 2,083 An | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 2,083 An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,093 An | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,093 An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,089 An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,112 An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,121 An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 2,133 An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 2,134 An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,144 An | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,153 An | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104 An | 48 An | 188 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 281.4 An | 25 An | 1,025 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 636.8 An | 385 An | 880 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,172 An | 900 An | 1,600 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,854 An | 1,670 An | 2,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,098 An | 2,000 An | 2,200 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,137 An | 2,121 An | 2,153 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 157 Barbados 2,576 An compare
- 158 El Salvador 2,543 An compare
- 159 Bahamas 2,173 An compare
- 161 Guadeloupe 2,150 An compare
- 162 Nicaragua 2,058 An compare
- 163 Luxembourg 2,000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea was 2,153 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,200 An in 2012.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 An in 1972.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 160th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.