Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Peru
Peru: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 33,625 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Peru, 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 Peru is 33,625 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Peru peaked at 35,304 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 16,900 t, in 1986.
Peru ranks 48th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Peru, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,408 t | — |
| 1962 | 23,892 t | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 22,144 t | -7.3% |
| 1964 | 21,468 t | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 21,183 t | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 21,203 t | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 22,294 t | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 22,536 t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 23,395 t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 23,756 t | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 23,643 t | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 21,026 t | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 21,105 t | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 21,486 t | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 21,317 t | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 21,331 t | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 22,500 t | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 22,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 22,700 t | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 20,700 t | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 18,800 t | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 20,400 t | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 21,100 t | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 18,900 t | -10.4% |
| 1985 | 17,200 t | -9.0% |
| 1986 | 16,900 t | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 18,600 t | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 19,200 t | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 20,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 23,800 t | +19.0% |
| 1991 | 18,800 t | -21.0% |
| 1992 | 19,400 t | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 18,500 t | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 18,000 t | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 18,900 t | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 20,300 t | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 22,300 t | +9.9% |
| 1998 | 22,592 t | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 30,056 t | +33.0% |
| 2000 | 31,068 t | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 31,868 t | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 31,437 t | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 31,926 t | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 33,698 t | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 33,686 t | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 33,904 t | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 33,839 t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 33,350 t | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 33,459 t | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 33,669 t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 34,256 t | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 35,304 t | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 34,906 t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 34,421 t | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 33,164 t | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 33,955 t | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 33,458 t | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 33,672 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 33,781 t | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 32,359 t | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 33,259 t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 33,536 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 33,690 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 33,625 t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,503 t | 21,183 t | 24,408 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,136 t | 21,026 t | 23,756 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,180 t | 16,900 t | 21,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,265 t | 18,000 t | 30,056 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,823 t | 31,068 t | 33,904 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,059 t | 33,164 t | 35,304 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,294 t | 32,359 t | 33,690 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Peru?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Peru was 33,625 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 35,304 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,900 t in 1986.
- How does Peru rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Peru ranks 48th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.