Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Jordan
Jordan: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 24,896 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 24,896 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 20.5% on the previous year and up 65.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Jordan peaked at 35,614 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,471 t, in 1976.
Jordan ranks 56th of 179 countries on this measure, 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 Jordan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 7,100 t | +39.2% |
| 1963 | 6,350 t | -10.6% |
| 1964 | 6,300 t | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 6,900 t | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 8,500 t | +23.2% |
| 1967 | 6,400 t | -24.7% |
| 1968 | 6,850 t | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 6,250 t | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 6,300 t | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 7,750 t | +23.0% |
| 1972 | 7,650 t | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 7,700 t | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 4,600 t | -40.3% |
| 1975 | 4,250 t | -7.6% |
| 1976 | 2,471 t | -41.9% |
| 1977 | 3,672 t | +48.6% |
| 1978 | 3,895 t | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 3,381 t | -13.2% |
| 1980 | 3,825 t | +13.1% |
| 1981 | 4,050 t | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 4,455 t | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 5,557 t | +24.7% |
| 1984 | 5,445 t | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 6,356 t | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 3,776 t | -40.6% |
| 1987 | 5,028 t | +33.2% |
| 1988 | 5,193 t | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 6,184 t | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 9,000 t | +45.5% |
| 1991 | 12,400 t | +37.8% |
| 1992 | 10,200 t | -17.7% |
| 1993 | 11,700 t | +14.7% |
| 1994 | 9,000 t | -23.1% |
| 1995 | 8,900 t | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 9,645 t | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 8,680 t | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 8,900 t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 8,984 t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 11,900 t | +32.5% |
| 2001 | 12,423 t | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 14,122 t | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 12,668 t | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 15,444 t | +21.9% |
| 2005 | 13,300 t | -13.9% |
| 2006 | 12,610 t | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 19,545 t | +55.0% |
| 2008 | 15,445 t | -21.0% |
| 2009 | 20,327 t | +31.6% |
| 2010 | 13,695 t | -32.6% |
| 2011 | 12,061 t | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 17,613 t | +46.0% |
| 2013 | 11,215 t | -36.3% |
| 2014 | 15,063 t | +34.3% |
| 2015 | 15,848 t | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 18,397 t | +16.1% |
| 2017 | 22,746 t | +23.6% |
| 2018 | 28,106 t | +23.6% |
| 2019 | 19,149 t | -31.9% |
| 2020 | 28,351 t | +48.1% |
| 2021 | 33,258 t | +17.3% |
| 2022 | 35,614 t | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 31,310 t | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 24,896 t | -20.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,639 t | 5,100 t | 8,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,167 t | 2,471 t | 7,750 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,987 t | 3,776 t | 6,356 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,741 t | 8,680 t | 12,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,778 t | 11,900 t | 20,327 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,389 t | 11,215 t | 28,106 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,686 t | 24,896 t | 35,614 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jordan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0556 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 297.43 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0679 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Jordan?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Jordan was 24,896 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 35,614 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,471 t in 1976.
- How does Jordan rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Jordan ranks 56th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jordan 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.