Meat, Total — Production in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Meat, Total — Production was 49,512 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, total — production in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 49,512 t.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 70,742 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9,902 t, in 1961.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 142nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,902 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,213 t | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 10,824 t | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 12,808 t | +18.3% |
| 1965 | 14,098 t | +10.1% |
| 1966 | 15,454 t | +9.6% |
| 1967 | 16,526 t | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 17,482 t | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 17,430 t | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 19,806 t | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 19,400 t | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 18,938 t | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 19,288 t | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 20,208 t | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 26,167 t | +29.5% |
| 1976 | 24,118 t | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 28,703 t | +19.0% |
| 1978 | 29,208 t | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 24,192 t | -17.2% |
| 1980 | 23,744 t | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 25,230 t | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 35,094 t | +39.1% |
| 1983 | 32,852 t | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 32,543 t | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 31,815 t | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 28,333 t | -10.9% |
| 1987 | 28,791 t | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 26,350 t | -8.5% |
| 1989 | 27,020 t | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 28,454 t | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 29,790 t | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 28,471 t | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 33,217 t | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 29,603 t | -10.9% |
| 1995 | 33,191 t | +12.1% |
| 1996 | 33,236 t | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 30,137 t | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 29,372 t | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 32,307 t | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 41,696 t | +29.1% |
| 2001 | 50,185 t | +20.4% |
| 2002 | 62,174 t | +23.9% |
| 2003 | 60,524 t | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 61,704 t | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 61,708 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 51,776 t | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 57,889 t | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 57,826 t | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 63,128 t | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 70,116 t | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 68,865 t | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 70,529 t | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 70,528 t | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 70,742 t | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 51,769 t | -26.8% |
| 2016 | 63,807 t | +23.3% |
| 2017 | 67,239 t | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 68,476 t | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 54,412 t | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 50,062 t | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 52,975 t | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 54,193 t | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 53,256 t | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 49,512 t | -7.0% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 49,512 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 246,847 t, 20% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 49,512 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 175,376 t, 28% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,860 t | 9,902 t | 17,482 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,003 t | 18,938 t | 29,208 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,177 t | 23,744 t | 35,094 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,778 t | 28,454 t | 33,236 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,861 t | 41,696 t | 63,128 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,648 t | 51,769 t | 70,742 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,000 t | 49,512 t | 54,193 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- 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 0.0344 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 0.0395 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Meat, total — production in Trinidad and Tobago was 49,512 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 70,742 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,902 t in 1961.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for meat, total — production?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 142nd out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, 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.