Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 2.64 million t in China; the lowest is 0.27 t in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,924 t, and the mean is 88,457 t.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 353.6%), and the largest decrease in French Guiana (down 87.0%).
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.64 million t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 2.64 million t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.38 million t | 2024 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 4 | India | 1.29 million t | 2024 | up 144.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Australia | 927,230 t | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 6 | USSR | 885,000 t | 1991 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 7 | New Zealand | 449,606 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 8 | Algeria | 363,929 t | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Sudan (former) | 330,000 t | 2011 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Sudan | 272,421 t | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 266,110 t | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 12 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 265,500 t | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 258,922 t | 2024 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Pakistan | 256,036 t | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 188,214 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 16 | South Africa | 168,000 t | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 166,976 t | 2024 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Nigeria | 162,751 t | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 136,081 t | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 20 | Mongolia | 133,288 t | 2024 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 132,698 t | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 22 | Morocco | 129,000 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | 123,921 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 24 | Brazil | 109,300 t | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 98,530 t | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 26 | Tajikistan | 89,548 t | 2024 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 84,750 t | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 84,101 t | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 29 | Ethiopia PDR | 81,600 t | 1992 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 78,400 t | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 70,114 t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 69,327 t | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 33 | France | 67,960 t | 2024 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 34 | Ireland | 62,970 t | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 35 | Yugoslav SFR | 56,850 t | 1991 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 56,528 t | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 55,000 t | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 38 | Tunisia | 54,641 t | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 51,690 t | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 40 | Kuwait | 50,246 t | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Iraq | 47,339 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 42 | Mauritania | 45,723 t | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Indonesia | 43,221 t | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 43,013 t | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 42,720 t | 2024 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 37,444 t | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Oman | 34,581 t | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 33,625 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 49 | Somalia | 31,051 t | 2024 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 50 | Israel | 30,543 t | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Libya | 28,924 t | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 52 | Serbia | 28,910 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 53 | Germany | 28,870 t | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 54 | Bahrain | 28,452 t | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Ghana | 27,722 t | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Jordan | 24,896 t | 2024 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Italy | 23,780 t | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 23,654 t | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Norway | 21,598 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 60 | Serbia and Montenegro | 21,205 t | 2005 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 61 | Uruguay | 19,994 t | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 62 | Niger | 18,542 t | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 63 | Canada | 17,138 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 64 | Cameroon | 16,455 t | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 65 | Guinea | 15,016 t | 2024 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Albania | 14,834 t | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 67 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14,480 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 13,860 t | 2024 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 69 | Benin | 13,653 t | 2024 | up 336.1% | volatile |
| 70 | South Sudan | 13,086 t | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 71 | Cuba | 12,870 t | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Togo | 11,316 t | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Armenia | 11,092 t | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 74 | Namibia | 10,217 t | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 75 | Palestine | 10,011 t | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 76 | Mali | 9,182 t | 2024 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 8,350 t | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Iceland | 7,966 t | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 79 | Czechoslovakia | 7,792 t | 1992 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 7,736 t | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 81 | Austria | 6,900 t | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 82 | Eritrea | 6,790 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 6,323 t | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Ukraine | 6,150 t | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Qatar | 5,803 t | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Ecuador | 5,779 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 87 | Croatia | 5,710 t | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 88 | Lebanon | 5,129 t | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 89 | Switzerland | 4,932 t | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 4,924 t | 2024 | up 124.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Uganda | 4,740 t | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 92 | Angola | 4,651 t | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Sweden | 4,580 t | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 94 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 4,500 t | 1999 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 4,438 t | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Georgia | 4,400 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 3,418 t | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 98 | Czechia | 2,820 t | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 99 | Nepal | 2,762 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 100 | Central African Republic | 2,614 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Rwanda | 2,420 t | 2024 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Cyprus | 2,330 t | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 103 | Djibouti | 2,256 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 104 | Myanmar | 2,200 t | 2024 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Paraguay | 2,125 t | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 106 | Malawi | 2,087 t | 2024 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Guatemala | 2,033 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 108 | Haiti | 2,011 t | 2024 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 1,880 t | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 110 | Belgium | 1,590 t | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 111 | Malaysia | 1,555 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Poland | 1,500 t | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Hungary | 1,470 t | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Madagascar | 1,426 t | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 115 | Slovenia | 1,390 t | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,236 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,081 t | 2024 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 118 | Finland | 1,050 t | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 928.96 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Zambia | 928.06 t | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Belarus | 900 t | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Liberia | 880.82 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 123 | Botswana | 873.53 t | 2024 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 124 | Lithuania | 840 t | 2024 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Gabon | 833.4 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 126 | Montenegro | 826.52 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 127 | Denmark | 810 t | 2024 | down 51.3% | rising |
| 128 | Latvia | 760 t | 2024 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Gambia | 753.93 t | 2024 | up 242.7% | rising |
| 130 | Fiji | 653.5 t | 2024 | up 228.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Faroe Islands | 631.46 t | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 132 | Mozambique | 598 t | 2024 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 133 | Guyana | 566.8 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 134 | Colombia | 532.69 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Burundi | 480.45 t | 2024 | down 56.0% | flat |
| 136 | Congo | 457.74 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Lesotho | 430.13 t | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Slovakia | 430 t | 2024 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Japan | 225.87 t | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Estonia | 220 t | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Eswatini | 170.37 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 160 t | 1990 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 142 | Malta | 160 t | 2024 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Grenada | 159.61 t | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Thailand | 147.18 t | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 139 t | 2024 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Belize | 127 t | 2024 | up 345.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Philippines | 116.57 t | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 107.71 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 150 | Honduras | 101.69 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 101.08 t | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 100.1 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 153 | Barbados | 90.24 t | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 154 | Martinique | 77 t | 2006 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 155 | Brunei Darussalam | 40.84 t | 2024 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 40 t | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 157 | El Salvador | 38.14 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 158 | Mauritius | 37.97 t | 2024 | up 353.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Puerto Rico | 37.33 t | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 160 | Guadeloupe | 36 t | 2006 | up 140.0% | falling |
| 161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33 t | 2024 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 32.3 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Bahamas | 30.43 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Dominica | 26.69 t | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 165 | Nicaragua | 24.7 t | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 166 | Singapore | 21.34 t | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Bhutan | 19.29 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Costa Rica | 15.76 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.08 t | 2024 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Suriname | 12.45 t | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 171 | Réunion | 8 t | 2006 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 5.63 t | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Republic of Korea | 5.3 t | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Jamaica | 5 t | 2024 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.58 t | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.47 t | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 3.01 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 178 | French Guiana | 3 t | 2006 | down 87.0% | rising |
| 179 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.27 t | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 11.54 million t
- Asia 6.67 million t
- Eastern Asia 2.78 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.15 million t
- Africa 2.08 million t
- Türkiye 509,539 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.94 million t
- Middle Africa 286,895 t
- Southern Asia 1.88 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 236,074 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.84 million t
- Syrian Arab Republic 194,855 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.53 million t
- United Republic of Tanzania 54,500 t
- Oceania 1.38 million t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 33,714 t
- Western Asia 1.28 million t
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 19,388 t
- Europe 989,146 t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,208 t
- Northern Africa 903,915 t
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,851 t
- Central Asia 690,677 t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,013 t
- European Union (27) 445,810 t
- Republic of Moldova 705 t
- Americas 422,296 t
- Melanesia 691.43 t
- Western Africa 391,403 t
- Timor-Leste 50 t
- Northern Europe 366,925 t
- Polynesia 3.01 t
- Eastern Africa 318,033 t
- Eastern Europe 262,229 t
- South America 254,037 t
- Southern Europe 235,220 t
- Southern Africa 179,691 t
- Western Europe 124,772 t
- Northern America 80,142 t
- Central America 71,667 t
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.