Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Uganda
Uganda: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 445,359 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 445,359 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Uganda peaked at 590,000 An in 1986 and was at its lowest, 190,000 An, in 1963.
Uganda ranks 81st 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 216,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 208,000 An | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 190,000 An | -8.7% |
| 1964 | 215,000 An | +13.2% |
| 1965 | 218,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 336,200 An | +54.2% |
| 1967 | 298,800 An | -11.1% |
| 1968 | 298,200 An | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 300,900 An | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 324,200 An | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 356,700 An | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 315,500 An | -11.6% |
| 1973 | 329,500 An | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 350,500 An | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 368,800 An | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 378,366 An | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 375,030 An | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 373,899 An | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 389,200 An | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 408,700 An | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 456,800 An | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 508,725 An | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 534,160 An | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 560,869 An | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 588,912 An | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 590,000 An | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 227,000 An | -61.5% |
| 1988 | 245,000 An | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 260,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 273,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 285,000 An | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 295,000 An | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 300,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 297,152 An | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 301,312 An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 305,094 An | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 309,137 An | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 314,342 An | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 317,889 An | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 323,132 An | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 346,085 An | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 328,111 An | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 331,222 An | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 428,543 An | +29.4% |
| 2005 | 423,758 An | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 426,247 An | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 408,023 An | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 411,613 An | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 414,599 An | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 417,731 An | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 418,605 An | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 415,671 An | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 411,303 An | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 439,476 An | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 473,616 An | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 478,311 An | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 466,012 An | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 439,966 An | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 489,552 An | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 480,722 An | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 444,722 An | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 445,575 An | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 445,780 An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 445,359 An | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253,456 An | 190,000 An | 336,200 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 356,170 An | 315,500 An | 389,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 438,017 An | 227,000 An | 590,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 299,793 An | 273,000 An | 317,889 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 384,133 An | 323,132 An | 428,543 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 445,024 An | 411,303 An | 489,552 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 452,432 An | 444,722 An | 480,722 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Uganda?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Uganda was 445,359 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 590,000 An in 1986.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 190,000 An in 1963.
- How does Uganda rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Uganda ranks 81st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.