Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Asia
Asia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 836.75 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Asia recorded 836.75 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Asia peaked at 849.80 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 117.80 million An, in 1961.
That places Asia 1st out of 40 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 129.97 million An | 117.80 million An | 141.79 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 165.63 million An | 143.84 million An | 188.98 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 233.62 million An | 198.09 million An | 276.62 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 349.84 million An | 282.59 million An | 412.85 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 473.15 million An | 420.86 million An | 521.70 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 625.61 million An | 535.59 million An | 711.49 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 807.44 million An | 746.01 million An | 849.80 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China, People's Republic of 341.12 million An compare
- 2 China, mainland 341.06 million An compare
- 3 India 237.70 million An compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 63.99 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Asia?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Asia was 836.75 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 849.80 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 117.80 million An in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 40 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia 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.