Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa
Western Africa: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 34.61 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 34.61 million An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa peaked at 35.34 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.98 million An, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 12th of 29 groups 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.98 million An | — |
| 1962 | 4.12 million An | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 4.39 million An | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 4.71 million An | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 4.88 million An | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 5.30 million An | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 5.51 million An | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 5.86 million An | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 6.16 million An | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 6.37 million An | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 6.46 million An | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 6.58 million An | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 6.37 million An | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 6.35 million An | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 6.79 million An | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 7.45 million An | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 8.28 million An | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 8.68 million An | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 8.84 million An | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 9.28 million An | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 9.79 million An | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 9.91 million An | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 9.91 million An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 9.50 million An | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 9.73 million An | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 10.16 million An | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 10.35 million An | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 10.71 million An | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 11.36 million An | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 12.12 million An | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 10.93 million An | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 10.79 million An | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 11.10 million An | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 12.29 million An | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 12.79 million An | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 13.49 million An | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 15.49 million An | +14.9% |
| 1998 | 16.62 million An | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 17.96 million An | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 17.65 million An | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 18.94 million An | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 19.25 million An | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 19.32 million An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 19.79 million An | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 20.49 million An | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 21.08 million An | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 21.46 million An | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 21.73 million An | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 22.43 million An | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 25.17 million An | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 25.70 million An | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 25.99 million An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 26.51 million An | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 26.80 million An | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 27.85 million An | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 28.30 million An | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 28.43 million An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 30.33 million An | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 31.68 million An | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 33.38 million An | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 33.92 million An | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 34.85 million An | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 35.34 million An | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 34.61 million An | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.99 million An | 3.98 million An | 6.16 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.22 million An | 6.35 million An | 8.84 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.07 million An | 9.28 million An | 11.36 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.36 million An | 10.79 million An | 17.96 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.21 million An | 17.65 million An | 22.43 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.68 million An | 25.17 million An | 31.68 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.42 million An | 33.38 million An | 35.34 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 9 Sudan (former) 19.29 million An compare
- 10 Algeria 18.75 million An compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 285,359 An compare
- 11 Pakistan 15.71 million An compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 187,708 An compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 67,503 An compare
- 12 Sudan 15.35 million An compare
- 13 Ethiopia 13.58 million An compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 51,619 An compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.87 million An compare
- 14 Melanesia 12,526 An compare
- 15 Chad 12.38 million An compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 4,500 An compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3017 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa was 34.61 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 35.34 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.98 million An in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.