Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Central Asia
Central Asia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 690,677 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Central Asia stood at 690,677 t. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Central Asia peaked at 690,677 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 284,238 t, in 1999.
Central Asia ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 423,500 t | — |
| 1993 | 476,100 t | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 448,500 t | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 394,300 t | -12.1% |
| 1996 | 351,800 t | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 311,248 t | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 308,336 t | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 284,238 t | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 288,949 t | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 288,037 t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 300,601 t | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 307,664 t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 314,169 t | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 323,309 t | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 342,832 t | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 382,456 t | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 397,856 t | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 415,624 t | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 478,166 t | +15.0% |
| 2011 | 501,700 t | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 515,623 t | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 536,866 t | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 573,281 t | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 596,336 t | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 619,432 t | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 656,530 t | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 650,189 t | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 620,772 t | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 627,552 t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 645,338 t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 669,518 t | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 689,963 t | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 690,677 t | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 374,753 t | 284,238 t | 476,100 t | 8 |
| 2000s | 336,150 t | 288,037 t | 415,624 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 574,890 t | 478,166 t | 656,530 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 664,610 t | 627,552 t | 690,677 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 9 Sudan (former) 330,000 t compare
- 10 Sudan 272,421 t compare
- 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
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.7859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -3.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Central Asia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Central Asia was 690,677 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 690,677 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 284,238 t in 1999.
- How does Central Asia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Central Asia ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.