Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per capita in Eritrea
Eritrea: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per capita was 0.0019 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per capita in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per capita in Eritrea stood at 0.0019 t per person. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per capita in Eritrea peaked at 0.0028 t per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0019 t per person, in 2024.
That places Eritrea 41st out of 160 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per capita in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0026 t per person | — |
| 1994 | 0.0027 t per person | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0026 t per person | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0025 t per person | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0024 t per person | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0028 t per person | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0026 t per person | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0028 t per person | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0028 t per person | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0025 t per person | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0027 t per person | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0025 t per person | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0024 t per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0024 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0024 t per person | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0024 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0022 t per person | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0022 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0021 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0021 t per person | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0021 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0021 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0021 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0021 t per person | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0021 t per person | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0021 t per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0021 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0021 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.002 t per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.002 t per person | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.002 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0019 t per person | -1.8% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.0019 t per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0005 t per person, 3.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.0019 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0004 t per person, 5.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0026 t per person | 0.0024 t per person | 0.0028 t per person | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0025 t per person | 0.0022 t per person | 0.0028 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0021 t per person | 0.0021 t per person | 0.0022 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.002 t per person | 0.0019 t per person | 0.0021 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per capita in Eritrea?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per capita in Eritrea was 0.0019 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0028 t per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0019 t per person in 2024.
- How does Eritrea rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 41st out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production, per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.