Meat, Total — Production in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Meat, Total — Production was 138.47 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat, Total — Production in Antigua and Barbuda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Antigua and Barbuda is 138.47 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 32.6% on the previous year and down 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 928.6 t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 104.4 t, in 2023.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 191st out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 395 t | — |
| 1962 | 329.4 t | -16.6% |
| 1963 | 364 t | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 431.8 t | +18.6% |
| 1965 | 393 t | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 415.7 t | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 346.6 t | -16.6% |
| 1968 | 337.6 t | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 380.3 t | +12.6% |
| 1970 | 396.5 t | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 545.4 t | +37.6% |
| 1972 | 515.2 t | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 516.2 t | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 459 t | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 342.2 t | -25.4% |
| 1976 | 383.2 t | +12.0% |
| 1977 | 489.6 t | +27.8% |
| 1978 | 639.4 t | +30.6% |
| 1979 | 682.8 t | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 788.4 t | +15.5% |
| 1981 | 714.8 t | -9.3% |
| 1982 | 672 t | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 726.6 t | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 694.2 t | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 906.8 t | +30.6% |
| 1986 | 921.8 t | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 926 t | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 928.6 t | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 761.6 t | -18.0% |
| 1990 | 850.6 t | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 669.01 t | -21.3% |
| 1992 | 559.18 t | -16.4% |
| 1993 | 537.66 t | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 518.92 t | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 517.71 t | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 526.11 t | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 562.49 t | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 577.19 t | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 618.39 t | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 652.39 t | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 670.84 t | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 667.85 t | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 702.21 t | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 706.63 t | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 729.02 t | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 700.36 t | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 694.66 t | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 672.35 t | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 518.68 t | -22.9% |
| 2010 | 408 t | -21.3% |
| 2011 | 367 t | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 315.4 t | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 297.43 t | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 253.5 t | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 271.34 t | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 201.94 t | -25.6% |
| 2017 | 187.74 t | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 170.22 t | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 150.3 t | -11.7% |
| 2020 | 157.4 t | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 147.6 t | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 211.82 t | +43.5% |
| 2023 | 104.4 t | -50.7% |
| 2024 | 138.47 t | +32.6% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 138.47 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 246,847 t, 0% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 138.47 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 175,376 t, 0% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 377.04 t | 329.4 t | 431.8 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 496.95 t | 342.2 t | 682.8 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 804.08 t | 672 t | 928.6 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 593.73 t | 517.71 t | 850.6 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 671.5 t | 518.68 t | 729.02 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 262.29 t | 150.3 t | 408 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 151.94 t | 104.4 t | 211.82 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 499 t compare
- 189 Cook Islands 375.31 t compare
- 190 Tuvalu 191.62 t compare
- 192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 136.51 t compare
- 193 Niue 96.77 t compare
- 194 Nauru 78.52 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0531 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0955 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Meat, total — production in Antigua and Barbuda was 138.47 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 928.6 t in 1988.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 104.4 t in 2023.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for meat, total — production?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 191st out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Total — 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.