Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Spain
Spain: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 7.90 million An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Spain recorded 7.90 million An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Spain peaked at 20.95 million An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 7.90 million An, in 2024.
That places Spain 21st out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Spain, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.19 million An | — |
| 1962 | 9.80 million An | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 9.66 million An | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 10.60 million An | +9.7% |
| 1965 | 10.81 million An | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 10.76 million An | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 11.19 million An | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 10.91 million An | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 10.84 million An | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 11.53 million An | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 11.32 million An | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 11.37 million An | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 11.44 million An | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 12.25 million An | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 11.70 million An | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 11.46 million An | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 11.29 million An | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 11.00 million An | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 10.29 million An | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 14.34 million An | +39.4% |
| 1981 | 14.27 million An | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 15.23 million An | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 15.93 million An | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 16.11 million An | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 16.41 million An | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 16.52 million An | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 17.51 million An | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 18.57 million An | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 18.02 million An | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 19.00 million An | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 20.34 million An | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 20.82 million An | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 20.40 million An | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 20.27 million An | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 20.09 million An | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 19.79 million An | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 19.90 million An | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 20.26 million An | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 19.46 million An | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 20.50 million An | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 20.82 million An | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 20.95 million An | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 20.78 million An | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 20.21 million An | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 19.39 million An | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 18.62 million An | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 17.44 million An | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 13.81 million An | -20.8% |
| 2009 | 11.39 million An | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 11.74 million An | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 11.38 million An | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 10.52 million An | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 10.31 million An | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 9.93 million An | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 9.96 million An | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 10.11 million An | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 9.83 million An | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 10.11 million An | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 10.06 million An | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 9.56 million An | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 9.71 million An | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 9.33 million An | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 8.37 million An | -10.3% |
| 2024 | 7.90 million An | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.53 million An | 9.66 million An | 11.19 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.36 million An | 10.29 million An | 12.25 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.29 million An | 14.27 million An | 18.57 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.03 million An | 19.00 million An | 20.82 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.39 million An | 11.39 million An | 20.95 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.39 million An | 9.83 million An | 11.74 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.98 million An | 7.90 million An | 9.71 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 18 Uzbekistan 10.22 million An compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 8.16 million An compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 8.05 million An compare
- 22 Mongolia 7.81 million An compare
- 23 Brazil 6.83 million An compare
- 24 Kazakhstan 6.53 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Spain?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Spain was 7.90 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 20.95 million An in 2002.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.90 million An in 2024.
- How does Spain rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Spain ranks 21st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Spain 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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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.