Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in El Salvador
El Salvador: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 38.14 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 38.14 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in El Salvador peaked at 38.14 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12 t, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 157th of 179 countries on this measure, 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12 t | — |
| 1962 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13.5 t | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 13.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15 t | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 15 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 16.5 t | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 16.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 17.25 t | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 17.25 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 18 t | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 18 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 18.75 t | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 18.75 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 19.5 t | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 21 t | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 22.5 t | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 22.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 23.25 t | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 23.25 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 24 t | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 24 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 25.5 t | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 27 t | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 27 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 27 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 27.75 t | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 28.5 t | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 29.1 t | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 29.4 t | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 30 t | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 30.75 t | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 32.1 t | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 31.5 t | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 33 t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 33 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 31.5 t | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 33 t | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 33 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 31.5 t | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 31.5 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 32.25 t | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 33 t | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 33 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 33.75 t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 33.75 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 34.5 t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 35.25 t | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 36 t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 36 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 35.91 t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 36.16 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 36.45 t | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 36.77 t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 37.05 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 37.33 t | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 37.45 t | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 37.71 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 37.93 t | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 38.14 t | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.58 t | 12 t | 17.25 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.95 t | 17.25 t | 23.25 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.31 t | 23.25 t | 29.1 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.73 t | 29.4 t | 33 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.1 t | 31.5 t | 33.75 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.78 t | 33.75 t | 37.05 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.71 t | 37.33 t | 38.14 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 154 Martinique 77 t compare
- 155 Brunei Darussalam 40.84 t compare
- 156 Luxembourg 40 t compare
- 158 Mauritius 37.97 t compare
- 159 Puerto Rico 37.33 t compare
- 160 Guadeloupe 36 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in El Salvador?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in El Salvador was 38.14 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 38.14 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 t in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- El Salvador ranks 157th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.