Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 445,810 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) is 445,810 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in European Union (27) peaked at 970,218 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 445,810 t, in 2024.
European Union (27) ranks 13th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 530,295 t | — |
| 1962 | 548,570 t | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 527,521 t | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 549,618 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 568,074 t | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 582,918 t | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 595,265 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 587,154 t | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 606,335 t | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 629,392 t | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 641,284 t | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 639,768 t | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 653,830 t | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 684,146 t | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 681,597 t | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 695,781 t | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 702,154 t | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 708,242 t | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 727,120 t | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 795,445 t | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 781,829 t | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 808,561 t | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 824,457 t | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 845,584 t | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 867,301 t | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 851,412 t | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 874,320 t | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 853,740 t | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 885,128 t | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 970,218 t | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 962,812 t | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 930,999 t | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 918,879 t | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 872,705 t | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 859,311 t | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 864,327 t | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 835,946 t | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 842,858 t | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 841,007 t | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 845,435 t | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 800,185 t | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 782,823 t | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 783,728 t | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 790,472 t | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 769,083 t | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 748,045 t | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 734,112 t | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 662,577 t | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 632,083 t | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 619,840 t | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 612,052 t | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 609,310 t | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 587,204 t | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 542,228 t | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 551,608 t | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 555,302 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 548,636 t | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 520,790 t | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 523,720 t | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 513,800 t | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 521,260 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 517,810 t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 486,200 t | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 445,810 t | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 566,194 t | 527,521 t | 606,335 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 676,331 t | 629,392 t | 727,120 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 838,778 t | 781,829 t | 885,128 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 889,906 t | 835,946 t | 970,218 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 754,854 t | 632,083 t | 845,435 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 567,069 t | 520,790 t | 619,840 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 496,976 t | 445,810 t | 521,260 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 10 Sudan 272,421 t compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,208 t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,851 t compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 266,110 t compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,013 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 13 Chad 258,922 t compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 705 t compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in European Union (27)?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in European Union (27) was 445,810 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 970,218 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 445,810 t in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.