Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal
Portugal: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.06 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 1.06 million An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal peaked at 2.49 million An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 792,674 An, in 2017.
That places Portugal 64th 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.16 million An | — |
| 1962 | 2.13 million An | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 2.00 million An | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 1.90 million An | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 1.90 million An | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 1.89 million An | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 2.01 million An | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 1.72 million An | -14.7% |
| 1969 | 1.88 million An | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 1.79 million An | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 1.77 million An | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 1.84 million An | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 1.82 million An | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 1.94 million An | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 1.90 million An | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 2.02 million An | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 2.26 million An | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 2.24 million An | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1.95 million An | -12.9% |
| 1980 | 2.10 million An | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 2.08 million An | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 2.20 million An | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 2.10 million An | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 1.90 million An | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 1.91 million An | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 1.97 million An | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 2.03 million An | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 2.45 million An | +21.2% |
| 1989 | 2.49 million An | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 2.35 million An | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 1.21 million An | -48.5% |
| 1992 | 1.11 million An | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 1.07 million An | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 1.11 million An | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 1.08 million An | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 1.10 million An | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 1.12 million An | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 1.04 million An | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 1.08 million An | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 1.17 million An | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 1.12 million An | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 1.13 million An | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 1.10 million An | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 1.07 million An | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 1.09 million An | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 1.12 million An | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 1.19 million An | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 1.10 million An | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 928,193 An | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 962,088 An | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 928,160 An | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 854,641 An | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 857,841 An | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 887,619 An | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 893,802 An | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 833,784 An | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 792,674 An | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 1.31 million An | +64.8% |
| 2019 | 1.37 million An | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1.21 million An | -11.5% |
| 2021 | 1.29 million An | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 1.17 million An | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 999,310 An | -14.6% |
| 2024 | 1.06 million An | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.95 million An | 1.72 million An | 2.16 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.95 million An | 1.77 million An | 2.26 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.12 million An | 1.90 million An | 2.49 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.23 million An | 1.04 million An | 2.35 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.10 million An | 928,193 An | 1.19 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 968,973 An | 792,674 An | 1.37 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 million An | 999,310 An | 1.29 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal was 1.06 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 2.49 million An in 1989.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 792,674 An in 2017.
- How does Portugal rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Portugal ranks 64th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.