Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita by country
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
164
Highest
4.23 An per person
New Zealand
Lowest
0 An per person
Tuvalu
Median
0.0564 An per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,567
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 4.23 An per person in New Zealand; the lowest is 0 An per person in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0564 An per person, and the mean is 0.2108 An per person.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 258.8%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 72.2%).
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 4.23 An per person | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 2 | Mongolia | 3.54 An per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 1.53 An per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 1.22 An per person | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Iceland | 1.16 An per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 1.02 An per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bahrain | 1.01 An per person | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 0.893 An per person | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 9 | Mauritania | 0.7171 An per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 10 | Albania | 0.6505 An per person | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 11 | Kuwait | 0.634 An per person | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 0.6131 An per person | 2024 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 0.5944 An per person | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 14 | Sudan | 0.5559 An per person | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 15 | Ireland | 0.5279 An per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 16 | Greece | 0.5099 An per person | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 17 | Algeria | 0.4399 An per person | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4061 An per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 19 | Eritrea | 0.4042 An per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 20 | Malawi | 0.3874 An per person | 2024 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Libya | 0.3816 An per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 22 | Yemen | 0.3703 An per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 23 | Oman | 0.3621 An per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 0.3602 An per person | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 25 | Morocco | 0.3518 An per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3469 An per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 27 | Djibouti | 0.3435 An per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Tunisia | 0.3323 An per person | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 29 | Namibia | 0.3264 An per person | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Uruguay | 0.3233 An per person | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3127 An per person | 2024 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 32 | Romania | 0.3083 An per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 33 | South Sudan | 0.3007 An per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 34 | Somalia | 0.2862 An per person | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 0.2811 An per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 0.2715 An per person | 2024 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 37 | Senegal | 0.269 An per person | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 38 | Nepal | 0.2674 An per person | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 39 | Pakistan | 0.2532 An per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 40 | Central African Republic | 0.247 An per person | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 41 | China | 0.2421 An per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Serbia | 0.2417 An per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 0.2359 An per person | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 0.2125 An per person | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 45 | Nigeria | 0.2071 An per person | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Jordan | 0.2038 An per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 47 | Norway | 0.1982 An per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 48 | Kenya | 0.1896 An per person | 2024 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 49 | Cyprus | 0.1887 An per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 50 | Spain | 0.1833 An per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 51 | Benin | 0.1732 An per person | 2024 | up 120.4% | falling |
| 52 | India | 0.1638 An per person | 2024 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 53 | Armenia | 0.1621 An per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | Botswana | 0.1621 An per person | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 55 | Togo | 0.1509 An per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 56 | Qatar | 0.1482 An per person | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Eswatini | 0.1464 An per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 58 | Guinea | 0.1381 An per person | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 0.1366 An per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 60 | Croatia | 0.1302 An per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 61 | Palestine, State of | 0.1291 An per person | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 62 | Cameroon | 0.129 An per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 63 | Grenada | 0.1254 An per person | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 0.1182 An per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Portugal | 0.1128 An per person | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 66 | Israel | 0.1075 An per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1054 An per person | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 68 | Guyana | 0.1007 An per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 69 | Ghana | 0.0987 An per person | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 70 | Cuba | 0.0906 An per person | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 71 | South Africa | 0.088 An per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Peru | 0.0871 An per person | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 0.0842 An per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 74 | Niger | 0.0794 An per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Dominica | 0.0794 An per person | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 76 | Uganda | 0.074 An per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 77 | Argentina | 0.0704 An per person | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Zambia | 0.0676 An per person | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Mali | 0.061 An per person | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 0.0607 An per person | 2024 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 81 | France | 0.06 An per person | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 82 | Slovenia | 0.0566 An per person | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 0.0561 An per person | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0543 An per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 85 | Iraq | 0.0529 An per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Gambia | 0.0517 An per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 87 | Comoros | 0.0509 An per person | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 88 | Brazil | 0.0495 An per person | 2024 | up 23.8% | flat |
| 89 | Lebanon | 0.0493 An per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Montenegro | 0.0477 An per person | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 91 | Austria | 0.0445 An per person | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 0.0437 An per person | 2024 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 93 | Mexico | 0.0437 An per person | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 94 | Gabon | 0.0404 An per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 95 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0403 An per person | 2024 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 96 | Chile | 0.0399 An per person | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 97 | Indonesia | 0.0399 An per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 98 | Georgia | 0.0397 An per person | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 99 | Angola | 0.0395 An per person | 2024 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 100 | Italy | 0.0365 An per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 101 | Haiti | 0.0363 An per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 102 | Liberia | 0.0355 An per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 103 | Paraguay | 0.0345 An per person | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 104 | Fiji | 0.0302 An per person | 2024 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 105 | Switzerland | 0.0295 An per person | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 106 | Lesotho | 0.0292 An per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Bhutan | 0.0277 An per person | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 108 | Rwanda | 0.0272 An per person | 2024 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 109 | Myanmar | 0.0261 An per person | 2024 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Philippines | 0.0255 An per person | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 111 | Latvia | 0.0248 An per person | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Ecuador | 0.0232 An per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 113 | Congo | 0.0231 An per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 114 | Bahamas | 0.0211 An per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Sweden | 0.0207 An per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0201 An per person | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 117 | Burundi | 0.0194 An per person | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 118 | Egypt | 0.0186 An per person | 2024 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 119 | Canada | 0.0185 An per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 120 | Tonga | 0.0183 An per person | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.018 An per person | 2024 | up 127.2% | falling |
| 122 | Germany | 0.0171 An per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 123 | Ukraine | 0.0168 An per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 124 | Barbados | 0.0167 An per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Seychelles | 0.0166 An per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 126 | French Polynesia | 0.0166 An per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 127 | Lithuania | 0.0154 An per person | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 128 | Belize | 0.0151 An per person | 2024 | up 258.8% | rising |
| 129 | Malta | 0.0131 An per person | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Czechia | 0.0128 An per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 0.0122 An per person | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 132 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0105 An per person | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 133 | Hungary | 0.0091 An per person | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Jamaica | 0.0091 An per person | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Madagascar | 0.0089 An per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Finland | 0.0089 An per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 137 | Slovakia | 0.0089 An per person | 2024 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 138 | Belgium | 0.0083 An per person | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 139 | Estonia | 0.0083 An per person | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 140 | Guatemala | 0.0081 An per person | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0076 An per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 142 | Mozambique | 0.0072 An per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Belarus | 0.0072 An per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Denmark | 0.007 An per person | 2024 | down 50.6% | rising |
| 145 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0062 An per person | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 0.0058 An per person | 2024 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 0.0044 An per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Luxembourg | 0.0038 An per person | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 149 | Sri Lanka | 0.0035 An per person | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Malaysia | 0.0031 An per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Poland | 0.0024 An per person | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritius | 0.0024 An per person | 2024 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Suriname | 0.0023 An per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Thailand | 0.0019 An per person | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 155 | Honduras | 0.0016 An per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 0.0015 An per person | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 157 | El Salvador | 0.0012 An per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 158 | Puerto Rico | 0.0011 An per person | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Colombia | 0.0011 An per person | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 0.0006 An per person | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0003 An per person | 2024 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 162 | Singapore | 0.0002 An per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Japan | 0.0001 An per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Tuvalu | 0 An per person | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.1557 An per person
How this figure is calculated
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.