Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Europe
Western Europe: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 6.14 million An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 6.14 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe peaked at 13.57 million An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6.14 million An, in 2024.
Western Europe ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.50 million An | — |
| 1962 | 7.42 million An | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 6.82 million An | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 6.91 million An | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 7.38 million An | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 7.60 million An | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 7.64 million An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 7.48 million An | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 7.59 million An | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 7.97 million An | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 8.58 million An | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 8.54 million An | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 8.44 million An | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 8.59 million An | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 9.07 million An | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 10.04 million An | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 10.22 million An | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 10.57 million An | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 11.49 million An | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 12.81 million An | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 12.70 million An | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 13.01 million An | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 12.62 million An | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 12.70 million An | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 12.84 million An | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 12.71 million An | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 12.74 million An | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 12.70 million An | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 12.92 million An | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 13.57 million An | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 13.22 million An | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 12.64 million An | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 12.47 million An | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 12.15 million An | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 11.97 million An | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 12.17 million An | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 11.81 million An | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 11.73 million An | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 11.72 million An | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 11.84 million An | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 11.91 million An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 11.31 million An | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 11.28 million An | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 11.30 million An | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 11.25 million An | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 11.07 million An | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 10.70 million An | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 10.27 million An | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 9.86 million An | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 9.65 million An | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 9.51 million An | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 9.30 million An | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 8.95 million An | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 8.74 million An | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 8.11 million An | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 7.95 million An | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 7.68 million An | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 7.06 million An | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 7.04 million An | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 7.15 million An | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 7.17 million An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 6.92 million An | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 6.62 million An | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 6.14 million An | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.37 million An | 6.82 million An | 7.64 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.35 million An | 7.97 million An | 11.49 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.78 million An | 12.62 million An | 13.01 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.34 million An | 11.72 million An | 13.57 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.08 million An | 9.86 million An | 11.91 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.40 million An | 7.04 million An | 9.65 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.80 million An | 6.14 million An | 7.17 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 18 Uzbekistan 10.22 million An compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 8.16 million An compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 8.05 million An compare
- 21 Spain 7.90 million An compare
- 22 Mongolia 7.81 million An compare
- 23 Brazil 6.83 million An compare
- 24 Kazakhstan 6.53 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe was 6.14 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 13.57 million An in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.14 million An in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Europe ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.