Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 5.3 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 5.3 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Republic of Korea peaked at 53.2 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 2.94 t, in 1964.
Republic of Korea ranks 173rd of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.92 t | — |
| 1962 | 4.06 t | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 3.36 t | -17.2% |
| 1964 | 2.94 t | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 2.94 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4.62 t | +57.1% |
| 1967 | 5.04 t | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 6.86 t | +36.1% |
| 1969 | 11.2 t | +63.3% |
| 1970 | 7.98 t | -28.7% |
| 1971 | 14 t | +75.4% |
| 1972 | 25.2 t | +80.0% |
| 1973 | 12.6 t | -50.0% |
| 1974 | 19.6 t | +55.6% |
| 1975 | 22.4 t | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 35 t | +56.3% |
| 1977 | 25.2 t | -28.0% |
| 1978 | 28.7 t | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 30.8 t | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 23.8 t | -22.7% |
| 1981 | 14 t | -41.2% |
| 1982 | 17.08 t | +22.0% |
| 1983 | 53.2 t | +211.5% |
| 1984 | 18.2 t | -65.8% |
| 1985 | 21 t | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 18.2 t | -13.3% |
| 1987 | 13.72 t | -24.6% |
| 1988 | 14 t | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 14.42 t | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 13.58 t | -5.8% |
| 1991 | 14.14 t | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 29.4 t | +107.9% |
| 1993 | 8.4 t | -71.4% |
| 1994 | 7 t | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 7 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 7 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6.3 t | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 5.32 t | -15.6% |
| 1999 | 4.62 t | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 3.5 t | -24.2% |
| 2001 | 3.36 t | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 3.36 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4.06 t | +20.8% |
| 2004 | 4.48 t | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 5.18 t | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 5.6 t | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 7.7 t | +37.5% |
| 2008 | 12.74 t | +65.5% |
| 2009 | 13.72 t | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 16.8 t | +22.4% |
| 2011 | 12.74 t | -24.2% |
| 2012 | 12.74 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12.98 t | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 9.86 t | -24.0% |
| 2015 | 13.99 t | +41.9% |
| 2016 | 6.19 t | -55.8% |
| 2017 | 9.72 t | +57.0% |
| 2018 | 7.84 t | -19.3% |
| 2019 | 7.19 t | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 6.65 t | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 6.01 t | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 6.75 t | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 5.97 t | -11.6% |
| 2024 | 5.3 t | -11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.99 t | 2.94 t | 11.2 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.15 t | 7.98 t | 35 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.76 t | 13.72 t | 53.2 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.28 t | 4.62 t | 29.4 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.37 t | 3.36 t | 13.72 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11 t | 6.19 t | 16.8 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.14 t | 5.3 t | 6.75 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Korea
- 170 Suriname 12.45 t compare
- 171 Réunion 8 t compare
- 172 New Caledonia 5.63 t compare
- 174 Jamaica 5 t compare
- 175 Antigua and Barbuda 4.58 t compare
- 176 Sao Tome and Principe 3.47 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Republic of Korea?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Republic of Korea was 5.3 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 Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 53.2 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.94 t in 1964.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Republic of Korea ranks 173rd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Republic of Korea 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.