Meat, Total — Production in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Meat, Total — Production was 3,627 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 3,627 t for meat, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Solomon Islands peaked at 3,627 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 868.26 t, in 1961.
Solomon Islands ranks 173rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 868.26 t | — |
| 1962 | 901.68 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 958.27 t | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 980.4 t | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 1,065 t | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 1,149 t | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 1,238 t | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 1,318 t | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 1,438 t | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 1,598 t | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 1,678 t | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 1,835 t | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 1,974 t | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 2,481 t | +25.7% |
| 1975 | 2,401 t | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 2,286 t | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 2,350 t | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 2,408 t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 2,432 t | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 2,600 t | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 2,390 t | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 3,060 t | +28.0% |
| 1983 | 2,494 t | -18.5% |
| 1984 | 2,513 t | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 2,573 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 2,606 t | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 2,424 t | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 2,430 t | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 2,474 t | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 2,514 t | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 2,762 t | +9.9% |
| 1992 | 2,770 t | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 2,866 t | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 2,874 t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 2,890 t | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 2,906 t | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 2,962 t | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 2,970 t | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 2,930 t | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 2,958 t | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 3,056 t | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 3,140 t | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 3,160 t | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 3,254 t | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 3,294 t | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 3,322 t | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 3,340 t | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 3,388 t | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 3,428 t | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 3,388 t | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 3,368 t | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 3,436 t | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 3,471 t | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 3,516 t | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,543 t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 3,567 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 3,580 t | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3,558 t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,555 t | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,553 t | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,583 t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 3,595 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,614 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,627 t | +0.4% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 3,627 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 302,166 t, 1% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 3,627 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 192,858 t, 2% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Total — Production in Solomon Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +28.0% | 2,390 t | 3,060 t |
| 1974 | +25.7% | 1,974 t | 2,481 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,102 t | 868.26 t | 1,438 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,144 t | 1,598 t | 2,481 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,556 t | 2,390 t | 3,060 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,845 t | 2,514 t | 2,970 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,234 t | 2,958 t | 3,428 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,498 t | 3,368 t | 3,580 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,594 t | 3,553 t | 3,627 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Solomon Islands?
- Meat, total — production in Solomon Islands was 3,627 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 3,627 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 868.26 t in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for meat, total — production?
- Solomon Islands ranks 173rd out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.