Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Rwanda
Rwanda: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.0272 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda is 0.0272 An per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 57.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Rwanda peaked at 0.0792 An per person in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0271 An per person, in 2023.
Rwanda ranks 108th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0675 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0656 An per person | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0601 An per person | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0539 An per person | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 0.051 An per person | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0437 An per person | -14.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0501 An per person | +14.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0458 An per person | -8.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0435 An per person | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 0.048 An per person | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 0.049 An per person | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0481 An per person | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0578 An per person | +20.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0492 An per person | -14.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0553 An per person | +12.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0566 An per person | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0603 An per person | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0606 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0619 An per person | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0644 An per person | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0637 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0651 An per person | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0597 An per person | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0576 An per person | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0618 An per person | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0585 An per person | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0581 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0574 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.058 An per person | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0575 An per person | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0597 An per person | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0599 An per person | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0589 An per person | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0717 An per person | +21.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0367 An per person | -48.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0383 An per person | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0297 An per person | -22.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0306 An per person | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0358 An per person | +17.3% |
| 2000 | 0.037 An per person | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0376 An per person | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.044 An per person | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0458 An per person | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0592 An per person | +29.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0596 An per person | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0643 An per person | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0658 An per person | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0686 An per person | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0775 An per person | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0785 An per person | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0792 An per person | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0758 An per person | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0741 An per person | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0633 An per person | -14.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0661 An per person | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0603 An per person | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0647 An per person | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 0.058 An per person | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 0.047 An per person | -19.1% |
| 2020 | 0.035 An per person | -25.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0325 An per person | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0279 An per person | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0271 An per person | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0272 An per person | +0.4% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 0.0272 An per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.1589 An per person, 17% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 0.0272 An per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.102 An per person, 27% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Rwanda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -48.9% | 0.0717 An per person | 0.0367 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0535 An per person | 0.0435 An per person | 0.0675 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0547 An per person | 0.048 An per person | 0.0619 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0604 An per person | 0.0574 An per person | 0.0651 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0479 An per person | 0.0297 An per person | 0.0717 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.056 An per person | 0.037 An per person | 0.0775 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0667 An per person | 0.047 An per person | 0.0792 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0299 An per person | 0.0271 An per person | 0.035 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Rwanda?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Rwanda was 0.0272 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0792 An per person in 2011.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0271 An per person in 2023.
- How does Rwanda rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 108th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.