Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 691.43 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 691.43 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.4% on the previous year and up 193.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Melanesia peaked at 691.43 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.72 t, in 1965.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15.62 t | — |
| 1962 | 14.15 t | -9.4% |
| 1963 | 14.06 t | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 12.99 t | -7.6% |
| 1965 | 12.72 t | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 14.55 t | +14.4% |
| 1967 | 14.26 t | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 14.27 t | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 14.23 t | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 13.82 t | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 18.23 t | +31.9% |
| 1972 | 13.97 t | -23.4% |
| 1973 | 17.7 t | +26.7% |
| 1974 | 18.3 t | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 20.64 t | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 37.77 t | +83.0% |
| 1977 | 29.43 t | -22.1% |
| 1978 | 33.65 t | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 36.46 t | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 31.51 t | -13.6% |
| 1981 | 30.73 t | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 26.22 t | -14.7% |
| 1983 | 21.77 t | -17.0% |
| 1984 | 22 t | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 29.2 t | +32.7% |
| 1986 | 28 t | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 27.63 t | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 29.6 t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 30.77 t | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 37.86 t | +23.0% |
| 1991 | 40.5 t | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 41.25 t | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 63 t | +52.7% |
| 1994 | 50.5 t | -19.8% |
| 1995 | 64.5 t | +27.7% |
| 1996 | 55.75 t | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 60.5 t | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 57 t | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 57 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 63.05 t | +10.6% |
| 2001 | 64.05 t | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 64 t | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 57 t | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 54 t | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 54 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 59 t | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 60 t | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 63 t | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 121.9 t | +93.5% |
| 2010 | 101.1 t | -17.1% |
| 2011 | 155.5 t | +53.8% |
| 2012 | 215 t | +38.3% |
| 2013 | 238.83 t | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 235.25 t | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 118.25 t | -49.7% |
| 2016 | 117.39 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 121.39 t | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 159.13 t | +31.1% |
| 2019 | 135.28 t | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 169.81 t | +25.5% |
| 2021 | 187 t | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 246.72 t | +31.9% |
| 2023 | 620.46 t | +151.5% |
| 2024 | 691.43 t | +11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.09 t | 12.72 t | 15.62 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 24 t | 13.82 t | 37.77 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.74 t | 21.77 t | 31.51 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 52.79 t | 37.86 t | 64.5 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 66 t | 54 t | 121.9 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 159.71 t | 101.1 t | 238.83 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 383.08 t | 169.81 t | 691.43 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,851 t compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 266,110 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 13 Chad 258,922 t compare
- 14 Pakistan 256,036 t compare
- 15 Russian Federation 188,214 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 50 t compare
- 16 South Africa 168,000 t compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 166,976 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Melanesia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Melanesia was 691.43 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 691.43 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.72 t in 1965.
- How does Melanesia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 193.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.