Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 318,033 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 318,033 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 319,912 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 112,829 t, in 1997.
That places Eastern Africa 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 119,338 t | — |
| 1962 | 119,962 t | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 122,711 t | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 123,435 t | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 125,025 t | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 129,238 t | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 129,783 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 130,612 t | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 130,258 t | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 129,786 t | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 126,483 t | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 127,483 t | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 129,667 t | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 114,853 t | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 126,343 t | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 135,279 t | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 140,093 t | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 141,669 t | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 143,242 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 152,243 t | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 155,256 t | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 154,543 t | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 150,186 t | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 154,991 t | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 164,210 t | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 151,324 t | -7.8% |
| 1987 | 148,752 t | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 154,253 t | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 162,010 t | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 162,546 t | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 160,023 t | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 153,174 t | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 112,937 t | -26.3% |
| 1994 | 115,171 t | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 115,699 t | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 115,628 t | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 112,829 t | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 125,409 t | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 121,328 t | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 125,890 t | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 146,546 t | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 154,765 t | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 167,003 t | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 179,009 t | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 188,518 t | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 195,568 t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 199,987 t | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 195,594 t | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 200,396 t | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 222,516 t | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 227,386 t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 259,307 t | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 263,614 t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 270,829 t | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 262,328 t | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 261,409 t | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 227,172 t | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 236,091 t | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 293,319 t | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 319,912 t | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 291,649 t | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 275,270 t | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 298,048 t | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 318,033 t | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125,596 t | 119,338 t | 130,612 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 131,490 t | 114,853 t | 143,242 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 154,777 t | 148,752 t | 164,210 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 129,474 t | 112,829 t | 162,546 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 175,328 t | 125,890 t | 200,396 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 252,397 t | 222,516 t | 293,319 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 300,582 t | 275,270 t | 319,912 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 14 Pakistan 256,036 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 691.43 t compare
- 15 Russian Federation 188,214 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 50 t compare
- 16 South Africa 168,000 t compare
- 16 Polynesia 3.01 t compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 166,976 t compare
- 18 Nigeria 162,751 t compare
- 19 Ethiopia 136,081 t compare
- 20 Mongolia 133,288 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Eastern Africa?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Eastern Africa was 318,033 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 319,912 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 112,829 t in 1997.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.