Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa
Africa: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 267.70 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa is 267.70 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa peaked at 267.70 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.34 million An, in 1961.
Africa ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65.34 million An | — |
| 1962 | 66.52 million An | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 66.41 million An | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 68.55 million An | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 70.83 million An | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 73.24 million An | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 74.94 million An | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 77.19 million An | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 79.98 million An | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 79.62 million An | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 81.44 million An | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 81.60 million An | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 80.70 million An | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 80.83 million An | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 82.97 million An | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 85.14 million An | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 89.05 million An | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 93.42 million An | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 95.38 million An | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 99.01 million An | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 100.82 million An | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 100.42 million An | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 102.28 million An | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 103.81 million An | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 105.13 million An | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 103.68 million An | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 111.66 million An | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 116.86 million An | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 122.19 million An | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 123.26 million An | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 121.01 million An | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 123.77 million An | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 118.45 million An | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 121.71 million An | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 126.86 million An | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 130.45 million An | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 136.03 million An | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 143.99 million An | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 154.20 million An | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 156.63 million An | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 162.08 million An | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 166.25 million An | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 170.50 million An | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 175.95 million An | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 180.96 million An | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 194.38 million An | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 198.62 million An | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 202.53 million An | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 207.62 million An | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 216.43 million An | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 216.79 million An | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 214.28 million An | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 219.20 million An | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 225.48 million An | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 226.95 million An | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 232.52 million An | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 232.34 million An | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 242.04 million An | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 255.64 million An | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 262.40 million An | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 261.93 million An | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 262.29 million An | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 266.30 million An | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 267.70 million An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.45 million An | 65.34 million An | 79.98 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 85.01 million An | 79.62 million An | 95.38 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 106.59 million An | 99.01 million An | 122.19 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 129.97 million An | 118.45 million An | 154.20 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 181.55 million An | 156.63 million An | 207.62 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 228.17 million An | 214.28 million An | 255.64 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 264.12 million An | 261.93 million An | 267.70 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa was 267.70 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 267.70 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.34 million An in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.