Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 139 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, 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 Trinidad and Tobago is 139 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 28.7% on the previous year and up 87.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 309 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 17.8 t, in 1993.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 146th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 t | — |
| 1962 | 74 t | -26.0% |
| 1963 | 96 t | +29.7% |
| 1964 | 104 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 126 t | +21.2% |
| 1966 | 110 t | -12.7% |
| 1967 | 96 t | -12.7% |
| 1968 | 104 t | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 130 t | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 84 t | -35.4% |
| 1971 | 100 t | +19.0% |
| 1972 | 106 t | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 116 t | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 120 t | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 124 t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 148 t | +19.4% |
| 1977 | 164 t | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 164 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 160 t | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 155.68 t | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 164.42 t | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 140.52 t | -14.5% |
| 1983 | 154 t | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 140 t | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 110 t | -21.4% |
| 1988 | 120 t | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 60 t | -50.0% |
| 1990 | 30 t | -50.0% |
| 1991 | 56 t | +86.7% |
| 1992 | 40 t | -28.6% |
| 1993 | 17.8 t | -55.5% |
| 1994 | 17.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 17.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 17.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 18.6 t | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 17.8 t | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 17.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 18 t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 21 t | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 27 t | +28.6% |
| 2003 | 26 t | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 27 t | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 27 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 131.38 t | +386.6% |
| 2007 | 218 t | +65.9% |
| 2008 | 83 t | -61.9% |
| 2009 | 303 t | +265.1% |
| 2010 | 309 t | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 175 t | -43.4% |
| 2012 | 91 t | -48.0% |
| 2013 | 196 t | +115.4% |
| 2014 | 74 t | -62.2% |
| 2015 | 77 t | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 60 t | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 66.32 t | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 48 t | -27.6% |
| 2019 | 41 t | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 124 t | +202.4% |
| 2021 | 93 t | -25.0% |
| 2022 | 82 t | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 108 t | +31.7% |
| 2024 | 139 t | +28.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104.44 t | 74 t | 130 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 128.6 t | 84 t | 164 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 132.46 t | 60 t | 164.42 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.14 t | 17.8 t | 56 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.14 t | 18 t | 303 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 113.73 t | 41 t | 309 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 109.2 t | 82 t | 139 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 144 Grenada 159.61 t compare
- 145 Thailand 147.18 t compare
- 147 Belize 127 t compare
- 148 Philippines 116.57 t compare
- 149 Equatorial Guinea 107.71 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Trinidad and Tobago was 139 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 309 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.8 t in 1993.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 146th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.