Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Rwanda
Rwanda: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 48,403 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda is 48,403 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 59.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Rwanda peaked at 165,000 An in 2012 and was at its lowest, 32,000 An, in 1967.
Rwanda ranks 126th of 179 countries on this measure, 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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 67,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 66,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 53,000 An | -19.7% |
| 1964 | 35,000 An | -34.0% |
| 1965 | 45,000 An | +28.6% |
| 1966 | 35,000 An | -22.2% |
| 1967 | 32,000 An | -8.6% |
| 1968 | 45,000 An | +40.6% |
| 1969 | 36,000 An | -20.0% |
| 1970 | 47,000 An | +30.6% |
| 1971 | 47,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 51,000 An | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 63,000 An | +23.5% |
| 1974 | 52,000 An | -17.5% |
| 1975 | 65,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 63,600 An | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 64,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 65,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 66,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 75,000 An | +13.6% |
| 1981 | 72,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 71,630 An | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 70,390 An | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 72,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 75,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 72,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 75,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 76,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 82,000 An | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 83,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 84,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 85,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 85,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 92,000 An | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 50,000 An | -45.7% |
| 1996 | 57,000 An | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 60,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 47,000 An | -21.7% |
| 1999 | 67,000 An | +42.6% |
| 2000 | 62,000 An | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 70,000 An | +12.9% |
| 2002 | 75,000 An | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 92,942 An | +23.9% |
| 2004 | 117,000 An | +25.9% |
| 2005 | 115,000 An | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 118,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 118,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 118,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 130,000 An | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 150,000 An | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 162,000 An | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 165,000 An | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 160,000 An | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 120,757 An | -24.5% |
| 2015 | 132,597 An | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 113,234 An | -14.6% |
| 2017 | 116,144 An | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 104,484 An | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 89,008 An | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 71,027 An | -20.2% |
| 2021 | 65,699 An | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 55,623 An | -15.3% |
| 2023 | 50,472 An | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 48,403 An | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,000 An | 32,000 An | 67,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,360 An | 47,000 An | 66,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 74,102 An | 70,390 An | 82,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,000 An | 47,000 An | 92,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 101,594 An | 62,000 An | 130,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 131,322 An | 89,008 An | 165,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,245 An | 48,403 An | 71,027 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Rwanda?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Rwanda was 48,403 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 165,000 An in 2012.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,000 An in 1967.
- How does Rwanda rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Rwanda ranks 126th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.