Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Yemen
Yemen: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 5.99 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Yemen, 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 Yemen is 5.99 million An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Yemen peaked at 6.20 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.19 million An, in 1969.
Yemen ranks 27th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.37 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.42 million An | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 1.45 million An | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 1.48 million An | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 1.53 million An | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 1.35 million An | -11.9% |
| 1967 | 1.41 million An | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 1.35 million An | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 1.19 million An | -12.2% |
| 1970 | 1.20 million An | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 1.37 million An | +14.5% |
| 1972 | 1.27 million An | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 1.26 million An | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 1.38 million An | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 1.52 million An | +10.8% |
| 1976 | 1.45 million An | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 1.54 million An | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 1.53 million An | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1.56 million An | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 1.63 million An | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 1.76 million An | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 1.81 million An | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 1.92 million An | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 1.91 million An | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 1.96 million An | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 1.92 million An | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 1.88 million An | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 2.02 million An | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 2.02 million An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2.03 million An | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 2.33 million An | +14.9% |
| 1992 | 2.38 million An | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 2.23 million An | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 2.01 million An | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 2.02 million An | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 2.02 million An | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 2.17 million An | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 2.26 million An | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 2.33 million An | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 2.40 million An | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 2.51 million An | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 2.62 million An | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 2.27 million An | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 2.31 million An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 2.37 million An | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 2.44 million An | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 2.68 million An | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 2.89 million An | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 3.07 million An | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 3.43 million An | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 4.14 million An | +20.6% |
| 2012 | 4.78 million An | +15.5% |
| 2013 | 5.51 million An | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 5.38 million An | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 5.21 million An | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 4.84 million An | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 4.90 million An | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 4.52 million An | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 4.32 million An | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 5.39 million An | +24.7% |
| 2021 | 5.75 million An | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 6.01 million An | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 6.20 million An | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 5.99 million An | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.39 million An | 1.19 million An | 1.53 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.41 million An | 1.20 million An | 1.56 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.88 million An | 1.63 million An | 2.02 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.18 million An | 2.01 million An | 2.38 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.56 million An | 2.27 million An | 3.07 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.70 million An | 3.43 million An | 5.51 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.87 million An | 5.39 million An | 6.20 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 24 Kazakhstan 6.53 million An compare
- 25 Tajikistan 6.49 million An compare
- 26 Azerbaijan 6.06 million An compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 735,233 An compare
- 28 Turkmenistan 5.93 million An compare
- 29 Afghanistan 5.40 million An compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 5,910 An compare
- 30 Romania 5.33 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Yemen?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Yemen was 5.99 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 6.20 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.19 million An in 1969.
- How does Yemen rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Yemen ranks 27th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen 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.