Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 391,403 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 391,403 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa peaked at 391,403 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50,190 t, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,190 t | — |
| 1962 | 52,033 t | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 55,529 t | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 59,485 t | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 61,443 t | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 67,174 t | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 69,731 t | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 74,730 t | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 79,321 t | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 81,816 t | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 79,252 t | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 76,026 t | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 72,275 t | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 72,208 t | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 80,690 t | +11.7% |
| 1976 | 91,456 t | +13.3% |
| 1977 | 101,149 t | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 109,268 t | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 109,846 t | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 114,444 t | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 121,079 t | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 120,916 t | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 123,010 t | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 111,074 t | -9.7% |
| 1985 | 111,726 t | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 126,453 t | +13.2% |
| 1987 | 126,218 t | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 131,255 t | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 140,076 t | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 146,827 t | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 131,601 t | -10.4% |
| 1992 | 129,391 t | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 133,143 t | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 146,070 t | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 152,113 t | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 160,703 t | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 183,743 t | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 198,438 t | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 211,543 t | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 210,844 t | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 228,124 t | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 231,305 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 234,481 t | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 236,650 t | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 251,509 t | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 258,867 t | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 262,605 t | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 263,654 t | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 271,830 t | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 305,396 t | +12.3% |
| 2011 | 313,943 t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 270,505 t | -13.8% |
| 2013 | 286,086 t | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 288,683 t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 305,376 t | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 309,639 t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 319,345 t | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 327,574 t | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 333,305 t | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 357,255 t | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 374,340 t | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 374,795 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 381,550 t | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 391,403 t | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,293 t | 50,190 t | 79,321 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 87,399 t | 72,208 t | 109,846 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 122,625 t | 111,074 t | 140,076 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 159,357 t | 129,391 t | 211,543 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 244,987 t | 210,844 t | 271,830 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 305,985 t | 270,505 t | 333,305 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 375,869 t | 357,255 t | 391,403 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,013 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 13 Chad 258,922 t compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 705 t compare
- 14 Pakistan 256,036 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 691.43 t compare
- 15 Russian Federation 188,214 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 50 t compare
- 16 South Africa 168,000 t compare
- 16 Polynesia 3.01 t compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 166,976 t compare
- 18 Nigeria 162,751 t compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.6583 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.0843 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa was 391,403 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 391,403 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,190 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Western Africa ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.