Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 56,528 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Kenya, 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 Kenya stood at 56,528 t.
That represents a change of up 9.4% on the previous year and up 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Kenya peaked at 79,679 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12,000 t, in 1973.
Kenya ranks 36th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Kenya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,473 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,670 t | -11.6% |
| 1963 | 14,040 t | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 14,540 t | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 14,232 t | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 13,896 t | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 14,694 t | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 14,838 t | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 14,246 t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 12,900 t | -9.5% |
| 1971 | 12,600 t | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 12,240 t | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 12,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15,600 t | +30.0% |
| 1976 | 16,800 t | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 17,040 t | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 17,400 t | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 15,474 t | -11.1% |
| 1980 | 17,911 t | +15.8% |
| 1981 | 21,542 t | +20.3% |
| 1982 | 21,892 t | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 15,526 t | -29.1% |
| 1984 | 19,054 t | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 24,236 t | +27.2% |
| 1986 | 17,798 t | -26.6% |
| 1987 | 16,316 t | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 22,905 t | +40.4% |
| 1989 | 24,900 t | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 25,632 t | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 28,680 t | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 27,600 t | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 27,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 26,400 t | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 27,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 25,200 t | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 24,600 t | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 23,400 t | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 28,200 t | +20.5% |
| 2000 | 26,999 t | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 33,698 t | +24.8% |
| 2002 | 38,600 t | +14.5% |
| 2003 | 35,500 t | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 35,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 36,700 t | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 37,500 t | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 40,300 t | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 39,200 t | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 40,800 t | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 41,500 t | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 41,356 t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 40,236 t | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 42,000 t | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 40,703 t | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 29,843 t | -26.7% |
| 2016 | 27,900 t | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 17,766 t | -36.3% |
| 2018 | 25,271 t | +42.2% |
| 2019 | 50,811 t | +101.1% |
| 2020 | 79,679 t | +56.8% |
| 2021 | 50,842 t | -36.2% |
| 2022 | 39,379 t | -22.5% |
| 2023 | 51,691 t | +31.3% |
| 2024 | 56,528 t | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,403 t | 13,670 t | 15,473 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,405 t | 12,000 t | 17,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,208 t | 15,526 t | 24,900 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,371 t | 23,400 t | 28,680 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,480 t | 26,999 t | 40,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,739 t | 17,766 t | 50,811 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,624 t | 39,379 t | 79,679 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Kenya?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Kenya was 56,528 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 79,679 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 t in 1973.
- How does Kenya rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Kenya ranks 36th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.