Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Pakistan
Pakistan: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 256,036 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 256,036 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Pakistan peaked at 256,036 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52,400 t, in 1961.
Pakistan ranks 14th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 54,700 t | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 57,400 t | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 59,700 t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 63,000 t | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 65,850 t | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 66,100 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 66,350 t | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 66,600 t | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 67,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 67,600 t | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 70,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 76,000 t | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 83,000 t | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 89,000 t | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 97,000 t | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 107,000 t | +10.3% |
| 1978 | 115,000 t | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 124,000 t | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 118,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 123,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 130,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 136,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 146,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 155,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 149,000 t | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 158,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 168,000 t | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 178,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 188,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 200,000 t | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 212,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 225,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 238,000 t | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 253,000 t | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 154,000 t | -39.1% |
| 1997 | 155,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 156,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 156,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 157,000 t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 220,000 t | +40.1% |
| 2002 | 221,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 223,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 224,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 225,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 207,000 t | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 210,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 212,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 215,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 217,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 220,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 224,000 t | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 226,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 228,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 230,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 233,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 236,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 239,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 241,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 244,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 247,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 250,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 253,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 256,036 t | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,344 t | 52,400 t | 66,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 89,560 t | 67,000 t | 124,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 146,100 t | 118,000 t | 178,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 193,700 t | 154,000 t | 253,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 211,400 t | 157,000 t | 225,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 229,400 t | 217,000 t | 241,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 250,007 t | 244,000 t | 256,036 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Pakistan?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Pakistan was 256,036 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 256,036 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,400 t in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Pakistan ranks 14th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.