Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Paraguay
Paraguay: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 143,572 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 143,572 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay peaked at 200,000 An in 2004 and was at its lowest, 92,700 An, in 1971.
That places Paraguay 103rd 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 Paraguay, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 95,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 96,100 An | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 98,300 An | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 101,700 An | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 96,382 An | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 97,265 An | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 98,100 An | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 95,500 An | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 96,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 93,600 An | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 92,700 An | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 93,600 An | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 95,500 An | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 110,700 An | +15.9% |
| 1975 | 118,500 An | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 121,100 An | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 124,100 An | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 127,210 An | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 137,390 An | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 142,882 An | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 148,597 An | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 152,300 An | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 154,270 An | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 159,760 An | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 166,150 An | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 166,980 An | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 172,034 An | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 175,475 An | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 178,634 An | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 181,849 An | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 181,783 An | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 179,865 An | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 181,501 An | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 181,133 An | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 169,840 An | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 168,955 An | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 170,645 An | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 177,500 An | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 177,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 165,300 An | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 166,500 An | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 168,000 An | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 173,400 An | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 200,000 An | +15.3% |
| 2005 | 175,000 An | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 165,000 An | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 155,000 An | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 150,000 An | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 165,000 An | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 175,000 An | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 180,000 An | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 185,000 An | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 187,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 186,085 An | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 174,217 An | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 189,310 An | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 114,191 An | -39.7% |
| 2018 | 113,040 An | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 114,274 An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 119,484 An | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 121,913 An | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 184,934 An | +51.7% |
| 2023 | 142,110 An | -23.2% |
| 2024 | 143,572 An | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97,150 An | 95,000 An | 101,700 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 111,440 An | 92,700 An | 137,390 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 161,708 An | 142,882 An | 178,634 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 177,057 An | 168,955 An | 181,849 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 168,320 An | 150,000 An | 200,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 161,812 An | 113,040 An | 189,310 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 142,403 An | 119,484 An | 184,934 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 817.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5603 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2961 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay was 143,572 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 200,000 An in 2004.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 92,700 An in 1971.
- How does Paraguay rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Paraguay ranks 103rd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.