Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Qatar
Qatar: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 386,835 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Qatar, 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 Qatar is 386,835 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 52.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Qatar peaked at 1.20 million An in 1986 and was at its lowest, 99,000 An, in 1961.
Qatar ranks 86th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Qatar, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 99,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 102,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 105,300 An | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 108,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 110,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 115,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 120,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 130,000 An | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 130,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 135,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 280,000 An | +107.4% |
| 1972 | 120,000 An | -57.1% |
| 1973 | 150,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 160,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 230,000 An | +43.8% |
| 1976 | 172,000 An | -25.2% |
| 1977 | 277,000 An | +61.0% |
| 1978 | 350,000 An | +26.4% |
| 1979 | 350,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 400,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 420,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 430,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 800,000 An | +86.0% |
| 1984 | 620,000 An | -22.5% |
| 1985 | 450,000 An | -27.4% |
| 1986 | 1.20 million An | +166.7% |
| 1987 | 680,000 An | -43.3% |
| 1988 | 830,000 An | +22.1% |
| 1989 | 450,000 An | -45.8% |
| 1990 | 700,000 An | +55.6% |
| 1991 | 850,000 An | +21.4% |
| 1992 | 670,000 An | -21.2% |
| 1993 | 675,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 670,000 An | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 640,000 An | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 400,000 An | -37.5% |
| 1997 | 630,000 An | +57.5% |
| 1998 | 467,000 An | -25.9% |
| 1999 | 344,000 An | -26.3% |
| 2000 | 388,300 An | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 533,600 An | +37.4% |
| 2002 | 560,000 An | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 480,000 An | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 375,000 An | -21.9% |
| 2005 | 540,000 An | +44.0% |
| 2006 | 540,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 515,000 An | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 600,000 An | +16.5% |
| 2009 | 630,000 An | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 570,000 An | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 580,000 An | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 590,000 An | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 600,000 An | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 817,139 An | +36.2% |
| 2015 | 802,385 An | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 600,000 An | -25.2% |
| 2017 | 768,006 An | +28.0% |
| 2018 | 943,244 An | +22.8% |
| 2019 | 812,783 An | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 726,774 An | -10.6% |
| 2021 | 541,780 An | -25.5% |
| 2022 | 372,400 An | -31.3% |
| 2023 | 399,982 An | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 386,835 An | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,256 An | 99,000 An | 130,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 222,400 An | 120,000 An | 350,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 628,000 An | 400,000 An | 1.20 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 604,600 An | 344,000 An | 850,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 516,190 An | 375,000 An | 630,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 708,356 An | 570,000 An | 943,244 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 485,554 An | 372,400 An | 726,774 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Qatar?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Qatar was 386,835 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.20 million An in 1986.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 99,000 An in 1961.
- How does Qatar rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Qatar ranks 86th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Qatar 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.