Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 109,300 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 109,300 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Brazil peaked at 109,300 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24,824 t, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 24th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,824 t | — |
| 1962 | 26,671 t | +7.4% |
| 1963 | 27,296 t | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 29,832 t | +9.3% |
| 1965 | 33,821 t | +13.4% |
| 1966 | 33,914 t | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 30,683 t | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 35,471 t | +15.6% |
| 1969 | 33,881 t | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 35,192 t | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 38,550 t | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 36,300 t | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 37,600 t | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 38,400 t | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 44,000 t | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 44,160 t | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 35,200 t | -20.3% |
| 1978 | 25,600 t | -27.3% |
| 1979 | 28,800 t | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 28,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 28,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 28,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 36,800 t | +27.8% |
| 1984 | 44,800 t | +21.7% |
| 1985 | 52,800 t | +17.9% |
| 1986 | 64,000 t | +21.2% |
| 1987 | 67,200 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 73,600 t | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 76,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 77,600 t | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 79,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 80,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 82,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 84,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 86,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 69,900 t | -18.7% |
| 1997 | 70,100 t | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 67,800 t | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 71,400 t | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 71,500 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 71,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 68,576 t | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 68,072 t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 76,000 t | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 76,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 77,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 78,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 79,300 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 80,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 82,400 t | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 84,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 85,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 85,900 t | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 85,905 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 90,342 t | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 91,070 t | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 91,662 t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 93,533 t | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 98,796 t | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 102,241 t | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 102,068 t | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 107,141 t | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 108,759 t | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 109,300 t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,710 t | 24,824 t | 35,471 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,380 t | 25,600 t | 44,160 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,160 t | 28,800 t | 76,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,780 t | 67,800 t | 86,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,595 t | 68,072 t | 80,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,861 t | 82,400 t | 98,796 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 105,902 t | 102,068 t | 109,300 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 21 Kazakhstan 132,698 t compare
- 22 Morocco 129,000 t compare
- 23 Turkmenistan 123,921 t compare
- 25 Spain 98,530 t compare
- 26 Tajikistan 89,548 t compare
- 27 Afghanistan 84,750 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Brazil?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Brazil was 109,300 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 109,300 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,824 t in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Brazil ranks 24th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.