Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 235,220 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 235,220 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.7% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Southern Europe peaked at 488,432 t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 235,220 t, in 2024.
That places Southern Europe 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 257,616 t | — |
| 1962 | 271,263 t | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 262,818 t | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 278,128 t | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 285,541 t | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 290,360 t | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 300,258 t | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 297,175 t | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 299,631 t | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 312,055 t | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 314,547 t | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 316,390 t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 325,895 t | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 336,755 t | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 342,943 t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 349,913 t | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 358,246 t | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 360,603 t | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 353,955 t | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 402,828 t | +13.8% |
| 1981 | 397,252 t | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 410,781 t | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 434,723 t | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 423,961 t | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 429,684 t | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 429,240 t | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 450,839 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 466,337 t | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 468,252 t | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 488,040 t | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 488,432 t | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 458,826 t | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 463,724 t | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 466,885 t | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 469,683 t | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 465,546 t | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 464,965 t | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 465,550 t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 447,463 t | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 459,583 t | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 458,066 t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 456,925 t | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 458,951 t | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 456,065 t | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 444,525 t | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 439,504 t | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 430,937 t | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 379,278 t | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 345,094 t | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 344,561 t | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 343,643 t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 331,156 t | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 320,834 t | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 273,280 t | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 282,050 t | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 285,334 t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 275,300 t | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 295,134 t | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 295,308 t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 276,065 t | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 285,391 t | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 281,846 t | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 257,739 t | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 235,220 t | -8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 282,532 t | 257,616 t | 300,258 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 337,130 t | 312,055 t | 360,603 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 431,390 t | 397,252 t | 468,252 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 467,911 t | 447,463 t | 488,432 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 432,893 t | 345,094 t | 459,583 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 304,660 t | 273,280 t | 344,561 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 267,252 t | 235,220 t | 285,391 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 17 Saudi Arabia 166,976 t compare
- 18 Nigeria 162,751 t compare
- 19 Ethiopia 136,081 t compare
- 20 Mongolia 133,288 t compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 132,698 t compare
- 22 Morocco 129,000 t compare
- 23 Turkmenistan 123,921 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Southern Europe?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Southern Europe was 235,220 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 488,432 t in 1991.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 235,220 t in 2024.
- How does Southern Europe rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.