Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in South America
South America: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 254,037 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 254,037 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in South America peaked at 389,126 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 226,104 t, in 2007.
That places South America 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 316,440 t | — |
| 1962 | 319,205 t | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 298,557 t | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 282,529 t | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 322,954 t | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 355,891 t | +10.2% |
| 1967 | 359,314 t | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 389,126 t | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 364,623 t | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 374,362 t | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 363,654 t | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 304,323 t | -16.3% |
| 1973 | 279,036 t | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 273,585 t | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 283,864 t | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 284,113 t | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 280,304 t | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 266,981 t | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 265,209 t | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 245,928 t | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 264,207 t | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 262,310 t | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 262,884 t | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 256,322 t | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 256,097 t | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 273,696 t | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 273,956 t | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 278,684 t | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 282,754 t | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 293,629 t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 287,880 t | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 272,236 t | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 274,629 t | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 297,780 t | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 283,028 t | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 260,356 t | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 253,862 t | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 241,474 t | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 245,679 t | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 251,967 t | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 285,583 t | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 228,510 t | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 230,931 t | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 229,040 t | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 233,298 t | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 231,553 t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 226,104 t | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 227,248 t | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 228,595 t | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 247,294 t | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 242,151 t | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 233,911 t | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 239,728 t | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 240,754 t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 232,442 t | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 230,888 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 232,867 t | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 241,553 t | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 253,959 t | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 262,772 t | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 257,275 t | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 259,604 t | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 258,776 t | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 254,037 t | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 334,293 t | 282,529 t | 389,126 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 297,543 t | 265,209 t | 374,362 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 265,684 t | 245,928 t | 282,754 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 271,055 t | 241,474 t | 297,780 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 237,283 t | 226,104 t | 285,583 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 239,555 t | 230,888 t | 253,959 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 258,493 t | 254,037 t | 262,772 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in South America?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in South America was 254,037 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 389,126 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 226,104 t in 2007.
- How does South America rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- South America ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America 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.