Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sweden
Sweden: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 218,110 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sweden, 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 Sweden is 218,110 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.0% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sweden peaked at 333,300 An in 1983 and was at its lowest, 81,650 An, in 1961.
That places Sweden 95th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 81,650 An | — |
| 1962 | 92,790 An | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 105,730 An | +13.9% |
| 1964 | 123,290 An | +16.6% |
| 1965 | 134,800 An | +9.3% |
| 1966 | 164,800 An | +22.3% |
| 1967 | 166,400 An | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 191,800 An | +15.3% |
| 1969 | 227,800 An | +18.8% |
| 1970 | 220,427 An | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 208,555 An | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 196,379 An | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 214,210 An | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 260,299 An | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 265,529 An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 292,206 An | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 300,796 An | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 298,569 An | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 295,957 An | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 301,975 An | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 311,645 An | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 327,934 An | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 333,300 An | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 331,473 An | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 324,326 An | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 305,438 An | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 284,234 An | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 278,413 An | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 298,247 An | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 273,880 An | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 230,578 An | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 287,273 An | +24.6% |
| 1993 | 222,473 An | -22.6% |
| 1994 | 219,851 An | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 188,632 An | -14.2% |
| 1996 | 201,300 An | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 190,100 An | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 183,312 An | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 190,579 An | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 202,150 An | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 197,400 An | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 196,677 An | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 192,073 An | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 193,228 An | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 205,980 An | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 212,907 An | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 231,008 An | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 234,875 An | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 255,067 An | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 254,635 An | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 261,570 An | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 260,170 An | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 252,530 An | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 257,800 An | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 256,010 An | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 251,200 An | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 261,600 An | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 297,400 An | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 270,620 An | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 257,940 An | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 245,210 An | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 244,390 An | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 244,930 An | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 218,110 An | -11.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 143,229 An | 81,650 An | 227,800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 255,293 An | 196,379 An | 300,796 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 309,698 An | 278,413 An | 333,300 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 218,798 An | 183,312 An | 287,273 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 212,136 An | 192,073 An | 255,067 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 262,354 An | 251,200 An | 297,400 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 242,116 An | 218,110 An | 257,940 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 15.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.015 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 949.09 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sweden?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sweden was 218,110 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 333,300 An in 1983.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 81,650 An in 1961.
- How does Sweden rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Sweden ranks 95th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.