Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Greece
Greece: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.5099 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Greece is 0.5099 An per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 22.0% on the previous year and down 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Greece peaked at 1.32 An per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.5099 An per person, in 2024.
That places Greece 16th out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Greece, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.19 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.18 An per person | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 1.22 An per person | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 1.2 An per person | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 1.09 An per person | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 1.09 An per person | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 1.1 An per person | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 1.08 An per person | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 1.14 An per person | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 1.14 An per person | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 1.14 An per person | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1.15 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1.18 An per person | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 1.24 An per person | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 1.27 An per person | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 1.27 An per person | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 1.25 An per person | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 1.25 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 1.17 An per person | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 1.16 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 1.16 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 1.14 An per person | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 1.15 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1.25 An per person | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 1.26 An per person | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 1.1 An per person | -12.7% |
| 1987 | 1.21 An per person | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 1.18 An per person | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 1.19 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 1.32 An per person | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 1.17 An per person | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 1.2 An per person | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 1.3 An per person | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 1.3 An per person | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 1.31 An per person | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 1.31 An per person | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.31 An per person | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1.31 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 1.31 An per person | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.31 An per person | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.31 An per person | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.32 An per person | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.32 An per person | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.31 An per person | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.29 An per person | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.28 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 1.27 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 1.26 An per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.26 An per person | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.25 An per person | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.24 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.22 An per person | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1.21 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8208 An per person | -32.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7118 An per person | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7093 An per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6484 An per person | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 0.776 An per person | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7432 An per person | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7161 An per person | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7187 An per person | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.693 An per person | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.6533 An per person | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 0.5099 An per person | -22.0% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.5099 An per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0365 An per person, 14.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.5099 An per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0583 An per person, 8.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -32.4% | 1.21 An per person | 0.8208 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.14 An per person | 1.08 An per person | 1.22 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.21 An per person | 1.14 An per person | 1.27 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.18 An per person | 1.1 An per person | 1.26 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.29 An per person | 1.17 An per person | 1.32 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 An per person | 1.26 An per person | 1.32 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9334 An per person | 0.6484 An per person | 1.25 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6582 An per person | 0.5099 An per person | 0.7187 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Greece?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Greece was 0.5099 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.32 An per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5099 An per person in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- Greece ranks 16th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.