Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 286,895 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 286,895 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 3.5% on the previous year and up 93.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Middle Africa peaked at 286,895 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,922 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,922 t | — |
| 1962 | 14,046 t | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 14,377 t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 14,285 t | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 14,657 t | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 15,945 t | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 16,419 t | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 16,798 t | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 17,084 t | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 17,489 t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 17,298 t | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 18,546 t | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 16,290 t | -12.2% |
| 1974 | 16,861 t | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 17,908 t | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 17,395 t | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 18,882 t | +8.6% |
| 1978 | 19,550 t | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 20,285 t | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 20,987 t | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 21,931 t | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 22,558 t | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 23,340 t | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 24,587 t | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 25,933 t | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 29,414 t | +13.4% |
| 1987 | 31,127 t | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 33,573 t | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 36,288 t | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 39,108 t | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 40,231 t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 42,306 t | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 44,331 t | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 46,715 t | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 49,069 t | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 51,285 t | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 54,105 t | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 57,417 t | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 60,778 t | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 64,367 t | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 68,302 t | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 72,250 t | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 76,484 t | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 81,011 t | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 86,157 t | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 90,889 t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 96,292 t | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 99,424 t | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 105,038 t | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 115,646 t | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 123,136 t | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 124,697 t | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 138,300 t | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 148,565 t | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 158,319 t | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 168,460 t | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 177,598 t | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 190,063 t | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 205,858 t | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 218,829 t | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 233,745 t | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 258,851 t | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 277,098 t | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 286,895 t | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,281 t | 13,922 t | 17,084 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,050 t | 16,290 t | 20,285 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,974 t | 20,987 t | 36,288 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,534 t | 39,108 t | 60,778 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 84,021 t | 64,367 t | 105,038 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 155,064 t | 115,646 t | 205,858 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 255,084 t | 218,829 t | 286,895 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Middle Africa?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Middle Africa was 286,895 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 286,895 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,922 t in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.