Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Americas
Americas: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 422,296 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Americas recorded 422,296 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Americas peaked at 735,190 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 386,368 t, in 2007.
Americas ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 735,190 t | — |
| 1962 | 725,912 t | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 687,642 t | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 647,397 t | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 657,731 t | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 686,112 t | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 688,770 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 697,446 t | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 650,199 t | -6.8% |
| 1970 | 657,632 t | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 650,765 t | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 584,223 t | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 546,902 t | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 517,792 t | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 503,490 t | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 485,347 t | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 471,585 t | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 438,867 t | -6.9% |
| 1979 | 430,042 t | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 422,795 t | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 451,340 t | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 463,844 t | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 469,225 t | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 463,705 t | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 455,831 t | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 465,024 t | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 452,180 t | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 468,130 t | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 482,917 t | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 501,554 t | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 498,205 t | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 478,365 t | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 475,911 t | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 487,278 t | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 460,131 t | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 428,614 t | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 419,268 t | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 403,918 t | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 407,906 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 412,882 t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 447,425 t | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 393,270 t | -12.1% |
| 2003 | 391,219 t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 389,890 t | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 392,843 t | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 391,197 t | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 386,368 t | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 389,152 t | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 392,164 t | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 408,529 t | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 401,132 t | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 396,168 t | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 402,677 t | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 403,668 t | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 393,675 t | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 392,835 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 393,744 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 407,817 t | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 420,739 t | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 426,662 t | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 426,712 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 424,101 t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 423,773 t | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 422,296 t | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 686,267 t | 647,397 t | 735,190 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 528,664 t | 430,042 t | 657,632 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 459,499 t | 422,795 t | 482,917 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 456,115 t | 403,918 t | 501,554 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 398,641 t | 386,368 t | 447,425 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 402,098 t | 392,835 t | 420,739 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 424,709 t | 422,296 t | 426,712 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,851 t compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 266,110 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 13 Chad 258,922 t compare
- 14 Pakistan 256,036 t compare
- 15 Russian Federation 188,214 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 50 t compare
- 16 South Africa 168,000 t compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 166,976 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Americas?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Americas was 422,296 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 735,190 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 386,368 t in 2007.
- How does Americas rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Americas ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas 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 — Production. 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.