Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 903,915 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Africa is 903,915 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Africa peaked at 929,594 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 157,781 t, in 1963.
That places Northern Africa 11th out of 29 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170,528 t | — |
| 1962 | 163,427 t | -4.2% |
| 1963 | 157,781 t | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 168,351 t | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 174,949 t | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 184,500 t | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 191,161 t | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 199,806 t | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 207,336 t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 211,703 t | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 221,588 t | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 230,692 t | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 238,035 t | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 241,151 t | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 245,994 t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 250,900 t | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 261,318 t | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 274,950 t | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 282,200 t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 296,724 t | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 324,787 t | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 301,781 t | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 320,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 341,820 t | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 339,690 t | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 320,580 t | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 368,913 t | +15.1% |
| 1988 | 413,397 t | +12.1% |
| 1989 | 425,469 t | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 421,045 t | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 424,222 t | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 475,955 t | +12.2% |
| 1993 | 504,459 t | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 520,220 t | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 553,135 t | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 555,441 t | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 587,700 t | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 643,350 t | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 693,124 t | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 705,200 t | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 721,400 t | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 717,050 t | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 711,600 t | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 719,500 t | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 739,050 t | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 775,550 t | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 784,430 t | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 797,550 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 808,250 t | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 823,990 t | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 883,421 t | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 811,269 t | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 803,884 t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 822,101 t | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 868,756 t | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 899,844 t | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 902,637 t | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 900,626 t | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 901,669 t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 920,128 t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 929,594 t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 922,186 t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 927,022 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 903,915 t | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 179,760 t | 157,781 t | 207,336 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 245,853 t | 211,703 t | 282,200 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 345,316 t | 296,724 t | 425,469 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 537,865 t | 421,045 t | 693,124 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 747,958 t | 705,200 t | 808,250 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 861,820 t | 803,884 t | 902,637 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 920,569 t | 903,915 t | 929,594 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 8 Algeria 363,929 t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 33,714 t compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 330,000 t compare
- 10 Sudan 272,421 t compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,208 t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,851 t compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 266,110 t compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,013 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 13 Chad 258,922 t compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 705 t compare
- 14 Pakistan 256,036 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 691.43 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Africa?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Africa was 903,915 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 929,594 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 157,781 t in 1963.
- How does Northern Africa rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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.