Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 262,229 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Eastern Europe is 262,229 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Eastern Europe peaked at 1.20 million t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 197,265 t, in 2001.
That places Eastern Europe 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.09 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.16 million t | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 1.20 million t | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 1.14 million t | -4.9% |
| 1965 | 1.11 million t | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 1.04 million t | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 1.15 million t | +10.4% |
| 1968 | 1.15 million t | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 1.10 million t | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 1.14 million t | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 1.11 million t | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 1.06 million t | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 1.10 million t | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 1.12 million t | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 1.10 million t | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 1.01 million t | -8.7% |
| 1977 | 1.02 million t | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 1.04 million t | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 1.01 million t | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 985,248 t | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 972,458 t | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 955,447 t | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 977,997 t | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 1.03 million t | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 1.01 million t | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 1.07 million t | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 1.07 million t | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 1.15 million t | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 1.17 million t | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 1.17 million t | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 1.09 million t | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 538,426 t | -50.5% |
| 1993 | 537,831 t | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 471,742 t | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 400,732 t | -15.1% |
| 1996 | 365,180 t | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 318,286 t | -12.8% |
| 1998 | 287,408 t | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 258,080 t | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 241,964 t | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 197,265 t | -18.5% |
| 2002 | 199,753 t | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 207,123 t | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 222,015 t | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 217,329 t | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 213,698 t | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 231,206 t | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 235,342 t | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 258,426 t | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 261,565 t | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 265,396 t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 276,295 t | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 272,551 t | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 283,246 t | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 285,527 t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 299,817 t | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 301,946 t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 277,384 t | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 273,029 t | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 267,518 t | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 273,808 t | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 270,670 t | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 265,938 t | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 262,229 t | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.13 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.20 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 million t | 1.01 million t | 1.14 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.04 million t | 955,447 t | 1.17 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 544,122 t | 258,080 t | 1.17 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 222,412 t | 197,265 t | 258,426 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 279,676 t | 261,565 t | 301,946 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 268,033 t | 262,229 t | 273,808 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 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
- 21 Kazakhstan 132,698 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Eastern Europe?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Eastern Europe was 262,229 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.20 million t in 1963.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 197,265 t in 2001.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Eastern Europe ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.