Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 16,450 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Caribbean stood at 16,450 t.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Caribbean peaked at 19,648 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,890 t, in 1961.
That places Caribbean 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,890 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,904 t | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 1,938 t | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 1,990 t | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 2,042 t | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 2,069 t | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 2,107 t | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 2,160 t | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 2,231 t | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 2,226 t | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 2,306 t | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 2,301 t | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 2,426 t | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 2,506 t | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 2,588 t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 2,728 t | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 2,702 t | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 2,746 t | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 2,604 t | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 2,911 t | +11.8% |
| 1981 | 2,740 t | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 2,803 t | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 3,085 t | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 3,243 t | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 3,259 t | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 3,327 t | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 3,257 t | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 3,267 t | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 6,963 t | +113.1% |
| 1990 | 7,141 t | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 7,370 t | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 7,544 t | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 7,235 t | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 7,182 t | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 4,847 t | -32.5% |
| 1996 | 4,605 t | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 5,233 t | +13.7% |
| 1998 | 6,028 t | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 6,259 t | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 7,906 t | +26.3% |
| 2001 | 8,068 t | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 8,970 t | +11.2% |
| 2003 | 8,823 t | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 9,074 t | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 9,084 t | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 8,794 t | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 10,290 t | +17.0% |
| 2008 | 10,621 t | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 11,403 t | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 11,662 t | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 13,064 t | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 13,161 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 12,760 t | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 12,662 t | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 12,160 t | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 12,390 t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 12,745 t | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 13,270 t | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 14,467 t | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 15,208 t | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 19,648 t | +29.2% |
| 2022 | 16,023 t | -18.4% |
| 2023 | 15,421 t | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 16,450 t | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,037 t | 1,890 t | 2,231 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,513 t | 2,226 t | 2,746 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,486 t | 2,740 t | 6,963 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,344 t | 4,605 t | 7,544 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,303 t | 7,906 t | 11,403 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,834 t | 11,662 t | 14,467 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,550 t | 15,208 t | 19,648 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 24 Brazil 109,300 t compare
- 25 Spain 98,530 t compare
- 26 Tajikistan 89,548 t compare
- 27 Afghanistan 84,750 t compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 84,101 t compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 88.5 t compare
- 29 Ethiopia PDR 81,600 t compare
- 30 Kyrgyzstan 78,400 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Caribbean?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Caribbean was 16,450 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 19,648 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,890 t in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Caribbean ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.