Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Central America
Central America: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 71,667 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Central America recorded 71,667 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 1.2% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Central America peaked at 71,667 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22,878 t, in 1984.
That places Central America 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,803 t | — |
| 1962 | 23,424 t | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 23,573 t | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 24,522 t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 26,355 t | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 23,708 t | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 24,601 t | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 24,521 t | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 26,108 t | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 23,618 t | -9.5% |
| 1971 | 25,134 t | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 22,996 t | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 23,293 t | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 23,303 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 23,284 t | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 23,464 t | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 23,853 t | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 24,154 t | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 24,579 t | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 24,469 t | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 24,632 t | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 25,398 t | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 24,242 t | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 22,878 t | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 26,271 t | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 26,518 t | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 24,057 t | -9.3% |
| 1988 | 25,752 t | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 26,868 t | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 26,843 t | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 27,884 t | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 29,478 t | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 30,303 t | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 32,124 t | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 31,827 t | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 31,469 t | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 31,990 t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 31,906 t | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 32,048 t | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 34,364 t | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 38,328 t | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 40,040 t | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 43,705 t | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 45,857 t | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 48,091 t | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 49,900 t | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 50,614 t | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 53,361 t | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 55,830 t | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 57,077 t | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 58,674 t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 59,852 t | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 60,174 t | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 60,466 t | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 61,648 t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 62,631 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 63,851 t | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 65,130 t | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 66,220 t | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 66,946 t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 68,166 t | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 69,571 t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 70,786 t | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 71,667 t | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,513 t | 23,424 t | 26,355 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,768 t | 22,996 t | 25,134 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,108 t | 22,878 t | 26,868 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,587 t | 26,843 t | 32,124 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,009 t | 34,364 t | 55,830 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,572 t | 57,077 t | 66,220 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,427 t | 66,946 t | 71,667 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 21 Kazakhstan 132,698 t compare
- 22 Morocco 129,000 t compare
- 23 Turkmenistan 123,921 t compare
- 24 Brazil 109,300 t compare
- 25 Spain 98,530 t compare
- 26 Tajikistan 89,548 t compare
- 27 Afghanistan 84,750 t compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3756 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Central America?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Central America was 71,667 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 71,667 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,878 t in 1984.
- How does Central America rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.