Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3,108 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Puerto Rico, 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 Puerto Rico stood at 3,108 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.4% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Puerto Rico peaked at 4,150 An in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1,140 An, in 1961.
Puerto Rico ranks 155th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,140 An | — |
| 1962 | 1,160 An | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 1,170 An | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 1,190 An | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 1,200 An | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 1,220 An | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 1,230 An | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 1,290 An | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 1,350 An | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 1,410 An | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 1,500 An | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 1,560 An | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 1,590 An | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 1,620 An | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 1,650 An | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 1,700 An | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,800 An | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,850 An | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 1,940 An | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 2,030 An | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 2,090 An | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 2,100 An | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 2,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,200 An | +52.4% |
| 1992 | 3,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,400 An | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 3,450 An | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 3,750 An | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 3,850 An | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 4,000 An | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 4,100 An | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,150 An | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 4,150 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,150 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,450 An | -65.1% |
| 2004 | 1,350 An | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 1,550 An | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 1,939 An | +25.1% |
| 2007 | 2,052 An | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 2,230 An | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 2,372 An | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 2,519 An | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 2,666 An | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 2,788 An | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 2,844 An | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 2,881 An | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 2,917 An | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,952 An | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 2,989 An | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 3,087 An | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 3,220 An | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 3,416 An | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 3,651 An | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 4,051 An | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 4,004 An | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 3,108 An | -22.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,217 An | 1,140 An | 1,350 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,613 An | 1,410 An | 1,700 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,891 An | 1,700 An | 2,100 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,515 An | 2,100 An | 4,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,539 An | 1,350 An | 4,150 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,886 An | 2,519 An | 3,220 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,646 An | 3,108 An | 4,051 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 152 Saint Lucia 5,015 An compare
- 153 Grenada 4,415 An compare
- 154 Bhutan 3,200 An compare
- 156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,764 An compare
- 157 Barbados 2,576 An compare
- 158 El Salvador 2,543 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Puerto Rico?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Puerto Rico was 3,108 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 4,150 An in 2000.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,140 An in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Puerto Rico ranks 155th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.