Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 37.33 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 37.33 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 22.4% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 49.8 t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 13.68 t, in 1961.
That places Puerto Rico 159th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13.68 t | — |
| 1962 | 13.92 t | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 14.04 t | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 14.28 t | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 14.4 t | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 14.64 t | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 14.76 t | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 15.48 t | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 16.2 t | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 16.92 t | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 18 t | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 18.72 t | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 19.08 t | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 19.44 t | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 19.8 t | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 20.4 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 20.4 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20.4 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20.4 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20.4 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 21.6 t | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 21.6 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 21.6 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 21.6 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 22.2 t | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 23.28 t | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 24.36 t | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 25.08 t | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 25.2 t | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 25.2 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 38.4 t | +52.4% |
| 1992 | 38.4 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 40.8 t | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 41.4 t | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 45 t | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 46.2 t | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 48 t | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 49.2 t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 49.2 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 49.8 t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 49.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 49.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17.4 t | -65.1% |
| 2004 | 16.2 t | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 18.6 t | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 23.27 t | +25.1% |
| 2007 | 24.64 t | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 26.77 t | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 28.49 t | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 30.25 t | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 32.02 t | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 33.48 t | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 34.16 t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 34.61 t | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 35.04 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 35.47 t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 35.91 t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 37.09 t | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 38.67 t | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 41.04 t | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 43.86 t | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 48.66 t | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 48.1 t | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 37.33 t | -22.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.6 t | 13.68 t | 16.2 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.36 t | 16.92 t | 20.4 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.69 t | 20.4 t | 25.2 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 42.18 t | 25.2 t | 49.2 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.48 t | 16.2 t | 49.8 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.67 t | 30.25 t | 38.67 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.8 t | 37.33 t | 48.66 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 156 Luxembourg 40 t compare
- 157 El Salvador 38.14 t compare
- 158 Mauritius 37.97 t compare
- 160 Guadeloupe 36 t compare
- 161 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33 t compare
- 162 Papua New Guinea 32.3 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Puerto Rico?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Puerto Rico was 37.33 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 49.8 t in 2000.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.68 t in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 159th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.