Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Hungary
Hungary: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 1,470 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Hungary stood at 1,470 t.
That represents a change of up 13.1% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Hungary peaked at 10,200 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 665 t, in 2007.
That places Hungary 113th out of 179 countries 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 Hungary, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,100 t | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 8,700 t | -13.9% |
| 1964 | 6,200 t | -28.7% |
| 1965 | 8,900 t | +43.5% |
| 1966 | 9,100 t | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 8,400 t | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 7,600 t | -9.5% |
| 1969 | 7,400 t | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 6,300 t | -14.9% |
| 1971 | 5,300 t | -15.9% |
| 1972 | 5,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 7,000 t | +27.3% |
| 1974 | 6,300 t | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 6,600 t | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 4,700 t | -28.8% |
| 1977 | 3,600 t | -23.4% |
| 1978 | 5,900 t | +63.9% |
| 1979 | 4,700 t | -20.3% |
| 1980 | 7,300 t | +55.3% |
| 1981 | 7,500 t | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 6,900 t | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 7,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 8,100 t | +15.7% |
| 1985 | 8,800 t | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 8,300 t | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 4,800 t | -42.2% |
| 1988 | 4,600 t | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 6,900 t | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 5,400 t | -21.7% |
| 1991 | 6,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,800 t | -70.0% |
| 1994 | 1,100 t | -38.9% |
| 1995 | 1,870 t | +70.0% |
| 1996 | 1,600 t | -14.4% |
| 1997 | 1,930 t | +20.6% |
| 1998 | 2,530 t | +31.1% |
| 1999 | 3,610 t | +42.7% |
| 2000 | 3,570 t | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 2,638 t | -26.1% |
| 2002 | 2,500 t | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 949 t | -62.0% |
| 2004 | 1,161 t | +22.3% |
| 2005 | 863 t | -25.7% |
| 2006 | 882 t | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 665 t | -24.6% |
| 2008 | 913 t | +37.3% |
| 2009 | 826 t | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 829 t | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 968 t | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 1,117 t | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 858 t | -23.2% |
| 2014 | 1,186 t | +38.2% |
| 2015 | 1,230 t | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 1,072 t | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 1,564 t | +45.9% |
| 2018 | 1,580 t | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,570 t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,040 t | -33.8% |
| 2021 | 1,270 t | +22.1% |
| 2022 | 1,230 t | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 1,300 t | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 1,470 t | +13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,511 t | 6,200 t | 10,200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,590 t | 3,600 t | 7,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,020 t | 4,600 t | 8,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,184 t | 1,100 t | 6,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,497 t | 665 t | 3,570 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,197 t | 829 t | 1,580 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,262 t | 1,040 t | 1,470 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Hungary?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Hungary was 1,470 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 Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 10,200 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 665 t in 2007.
- How does Hungary rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Hungary ranks 113th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Hungary 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.