Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Belgium
Belgium: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.0083 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.0083 An per person for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 15.0% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Belgium peaked at 0.023 An per person in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.0034 An per person, in 2009.
Belgium ranks 138th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Belgium, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0215 An per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.023 An per person | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0158 An per person | -31.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0166 An per person | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0174 An per person | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0155 An per person | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0066 An per person | -57.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0065 An per person | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0061 An per person | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0034 An per person | -44.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0139 An per person | +305.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0121 An per person | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0111 An per person | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0114 An per person | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0115 An per person | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0124 An per person | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0136 An per person | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0136 An per person | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0131 An per person | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0122 An per person | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 0.012 An per person | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0127 An per person | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0105 An per person | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0097 An per person | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0083 An per person | -15.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.0083 An per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0365 An per person, 23% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.0083 An per person is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0583 An per person, 14% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +305.3% | 0.0034 An per person | 0.0139 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0132 An per person | 0.0034 An per person | 0.023 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0125 An per person | 0.0111 An per person | 0.0139 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0106 An per person | 0.0083 An per person | 0.0127 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Belgium?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Belgium was 0.0083 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.023 An per person in 2001.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0034 An per person in 2009.
- How does Belgium rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- Belgium ranks 138th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.