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Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per square kilometre by country

Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
164
Highest
1,999 An per square kilometre
Bahrain
Lowest
0 An per square kilometre
Tuvalu
Median
5.47 An per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,405

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per square kilometre is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 1,999 An per square kilometre in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 An per square kilometre in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.47 An per square kilometre, and the mean is 27 An per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 193.9%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 89.0%).

Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per square: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 1,999 An per square kilometre 2023 up 61.9% volatile
2 Kuwait 174.03 An per square kilometre 2023 up 40.2% volatile
3 Bangladesh 111.6 An per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
4 Palestine, State of 108.09 An per square kilometre 2022 up 10.9% rising
5 Malawi 96.45 An per square kilometre 2023 up 157.6% volatile
6 Pakistan 80.65 An per square kilometre 2023 up 25.6% rising
7 New Zealand 80.53 An per square kilometre 2023 down 15.6% falling
8 Azerbaijan 73.71 An per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% rising
9 India 72.61 An per square kilometre 2023 up 86.2% volatile
10 Albania 62.71 An per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% rising
11 Israel 58.04 An per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% volatile
12 Nigeria 54.08 An per square kilometre 2023 up 25.3% volatile
13 Greece 52.75 An per square kilometre 2023 down 48.9% flat
14 Nepal 52.42 An per square kilometre 2023 up 39.1% rising
15 United Arab Emirates 50.46 An per square kilometre 2023 up 30.2% volatile
16 Tajikistan 50.36 An per square kilometre 2023 up 123.0% volatile
17 Ireland 45.99 An per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% rising
18 Faroe Islands 40.27 An per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% rising
19 China 38.47 An per square kilometre 2023 up 30.9% volatile
20 Qatar 37.88 An per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% volatile
21 Grenada 34.3 An per square kilometre 2023 up 29.8% volatile
22 Morocco 32.55 An per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
23 Jordan 30.68 An per square kilometre 2023 up 30.0% volatile
24 Cyprus 30.5 An per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% falling
25 Yemen 29.77 An per square kilometre 2023 up 34.9% volatile
26 Lebanon 29.04 An per square kilometre 2023 down 31.2% falling
27 Tunisia 27.33 An per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
28 Romania 27.11 An per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% rising
29 Malta 26.09 An per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% volatile
30 Senegal 26.02 An per square kilometre 2023 up 45.4% volatile
31 Comoros 23.7 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.2% rising
32 Burkina Faso 23.28 An per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% volatile
33 Ethiopia 23.27 An per square kilometre 2023 up 50.1% rising
34 Togo 22.99 An per square kilometre 2023 up 13.7% volatile
35 Uzbekistan 21.88 An per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% rising
36 Benin 21.24 An per square kilometre 2023 up 178.4% volatile
37 Chad 20.94 An per square kilometre 2023 up 93.1% volatile
38 Serbia 19.55 An per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% rising
39 Spain 19.06 An per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% rising
40 Uganda 19 An per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
41 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.69 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
42 Djibouti 17.3 An per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% rising
43 Armenia 17.19 An per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
44 Kenya 17.05 An per square kilometre 2023 up 59.5% rising
45 Saint Lucia 16.35 An per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
46 Haiti 15.44 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
47 Afghanistan 15.41 An per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
48 Rwanda 15.33 An per square kilometre 2023 down 54.0% rising
49 Kyrgyzstan 15.12 An per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% falling
50 Sudan 14.8 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% flat
51 Ghana 14.5 An per square kilometre 2023 up 47.9% volatile
52 Turkmenistan 14.43 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
53 Gambia 13.63 An per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% rising
54 Portugal 12.74 An per square kilometre 2023 up 19.0% falling
55 Burundi 12.11 An per square kilometre 2023 down 15.2% rising
56 Eritrea 11.77 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% flat
57 Mongolia 11.48 An per square kilometre 2023 up 92.4% volatile
58 Barbados 11.02 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% volatile
59 Eswatini 10.58 An per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
60 Croatia 10.4 An per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
61 Philippines 10.39 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% volatile
62 Italy 9.53 An per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% falling
63 Cuba 9.47 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% volatile
64 Somalia 9.1 An per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% rising
65 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.9 An per square kilometre 2023 up 130.0% falling
66 Algeria 8.5 An per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% volatile
67 Guinea-Bissau 8.4 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% rising
68 France 8.09 An per square kilometre 2023 down 40.1% falling
69 Cameroon 8 An per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% rising
70 Guinea 7.73 An per square kilometre 2023 up 47.7% volatile
71 Zimbabwe 7.56 An per square kilometre 2023 up 44.3% volatile
72 Bulgaria 7.26 An per square kilometre 2023 down 36.1% volatile
73 Uruguay 7.23 An per square kilometre 2023 down 23.3% falling
74 Dominica 7.04 An per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
75 Switzerland 7.04 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
76 Indonesia 6.81 An per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
77 North Macedonia 6.78 An per square kilometre 2023 down 38.4% falling
78 Saudi Arabia 6.5 An per square kilometre 2023 up 97.4% volatile
79 Slovenia 6.19 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
80 Oman 6.1 An per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% volatile
81 Iraq 5.75 An per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% falling
82 South Sudan 5.63 An per square kilometre 2023 down 19.9% falling
83 Sierra Leone 5.31 An per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% volatile
84 Austria 5 An per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% rising
85 Australia 4.83 An per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% falling
86 South Africa 4.64 An per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% falling
87 Iceland 4.6 An per square kilometre 2023 down 21.9% falling
88 Seychelles 4.36 An per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
89 Germany 4.36 An per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% rising
90 Belgium 3.76 An per square kilometre 2023 down 10.7% falling
91 Mauritania 3.55 An per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% rising
92 Trinidad and Tobago 3.48 An per square kilometre 2023 up 27.1% falling
93 Norway 3.13 An per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% rising
94 Dominican Republic 3.01 An per square kilometre 2023 down 8.1% rising
95 Mexico 2.92 An per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% rising
96 Kazakhstan 2.84 An per square kilometre 2023 down 10.3% falling
97 Tonga 2.62 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
98 Jamaica 2.56 An per square kilometre 2023 down 47.3% volatile
99 Georgia 2.48 An per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% falling
100 Sao Tome and Principe 2.43 An per square kilometre 2023 up 133.3% rising
101 Montenegro 2.37 An per square kilometre 2023 down 34.2% falling
102 Peru 2.33 An per square kilometre 2023 down 10.6% rising
103 Zambia 2.31 An per square kilometre 2023 up 111.3% volatile
104 Lesotho 2.3 An per square kilometre 2023 down 31.8% volatile
105 Myanmar 2.18 An per square kilometre 2023 down 65.5% volatile
106 Egypt 2.17 An per square kilometre 2023 down 54.6% rising
107 Central African Republic 2.14 An per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% volatile
108 Ecuador 2.09 An per square kilometre 2023 up 15.4% rising
109 Liberia 2.07 An per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
110 Singapore 1.91 An per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% volatile
111 Czechia 1.89 An per square kilometre 2023 down 14.7% rising
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.64 An per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% rising
113 Denmark 1.64 An per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% rising
114 Libya 1.62 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% rising
115 Niger 1.52 An per square kilometre 2023 up 24.2% falling
116 Fiji 1.51 An per square kilometre 2023 up 35.0% falling
117 Mauritius 1.42 An per square kilometre 2023 down 67.3% falling
118 Guatemala 1.39 An per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% falling
119 Sri Lanka 1.37 An per square kilometre 2023 up 33.6% falling
120 French Polynesia 1.36 An per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
121 Namibia 1.26 An per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% falling
122 Brazil 1.24 An per square kilometre 2023 up 29.7% rising
123 Luxembourg 1.21 An per square kilometre 2023 up 10.4% falling
124 Angola 1.2 An per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% volatile
125 Argentina 1.19 An per square kilometre 2023 down 28.2% falling
126 Ukraine 1.17 An per square kilometre 2023 down 41.0% falling
127 Chile 1.16 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% falling
128 Mali 1.06 An per square kilometre 2023 up 49.5% volatile
129 Slovakia 1.04 An per square kilometre 2023 down 66.4% falling
130 Hungary 0.8516 An per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% volatile
131 Bahamas 0.8412 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% falling
132 Lithuania 0.8008 An per square kilometre 2023 up 16.3% rising
133 Latvia 0.789 An per square kilometre 2023 up 33.0% volatile
134 Botswana 0.7491 An per square kilometre 2023 down 21.2% rising
135 Paraguay 0.6726 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% rising
136 Bhutan 0.6375 An per square kilometre 2023 up 61.4% rising
137 Sweden 0.6037 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.6% rising
138 Madagascar 0.5242 An per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% falling
139 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5227 An per square kilometre 2023 down 89.0% volatile
140 Puerto Rico 0.508 An per square kilometre 2023 up 28.3% volatile
141 Equatorial Guinea 0.5071 An per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
142 Costa Rica 0.4433 An per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% volatile
143 Congo 0.4261 An per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% rising
144 Gabon 0.3956 An per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
145 Guyana 0.3955 An per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
146 El Salvador 0.3794 An per square kilometre 2023 down 7.5% rising
147 Mozambique 0.3598 An per square kilometre 2023 up 35.7% falling
148 Malaysia 0.3353 An per square kilometre 2023 down 9.5% falling
149 Belarus 0.3324 An per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% volatile
150 Estonia 0.3166 An per square kilometre 2023 down 50.1% volatile
151 Belize 0.2797 An per square kilometre 2023 up 193.9% volatile
152 Thailand 0.2701 An per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% volatile
153 Poland 0.2576 An per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% volatile
154 Finland 0.1783 An per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% falling
155 Honduras 0.1494 An per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% rising
156 Canada 0.0885 An per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
157 Vanuatu 0.081 An per square kilometre 2023 down 71.9% rising
158 Colombia 0.0493 An per square kilometre 2023 up 40.3% volatile
159 Nicaragua 0.0364 An per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
160 New Caledonia 0.0362 An per square kilometre 2023 down 28.1% volatile
161 Japan 0.0249 An per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% volatile
162 Suriname 0.0094 An per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% falling
163 Papua New Guinea 0.0062 An per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% volatile
164 Tuvalu 0 An per square kilometre 1992 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • World 9.86 An per square kilometre

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Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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About this data

Indicator
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per square kilometre
Unit
An per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
165 places, 9,405 data points, 1961–2023
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Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.