Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Bhutan
Bhutan: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 19.29 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Bhutan is 19.29 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 13.8% over five years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Bhutan peaked at 200 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 19.18 t, in 2022.
Bhutan ranks 167th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37 t | — |
| 1962 | 39 t | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 41 t | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 45 t | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 45 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 45 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 50 t | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 50 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 53 t | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 53 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 53 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 55 t | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 58 t | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 60 t | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 60 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 60 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 60 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 65 t | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 60 t | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 70 t | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 80 t | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 85 t | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 110 t | +29.4% |
| 1985 | 135 t | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 80 t | -40.7% |
| 1987 | 170 t | +112.5% |
| 1988 | 190 t | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 200 t | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 190 t | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 22.39 t | -88.2% |
| 2022 | 19.18 t | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 22.5 t | +17.3% |
| 2024 | 19.29 t | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45 t | 37 t | 53 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 58.4 t | 53 t | 65 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 119 t | 70 t | 200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 190 t | 190 t | 190 t | 1 |
| 2020s | 20.84 t | 19.18 t | 22.5 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Bhutan?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Bhutan was 19.29 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 200 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.18 t in 2022.
- How does Bhutan rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Bhutan ranks 167th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Bhutan 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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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.