Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 63.99 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 63.99 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.7% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 89.40 million An in 1972 and was at its lowest, 48.73 million An, in 2011.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th of 186 countries on this measure, 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 in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 59.91 million An | — |
| 1962 | 62.85 million An | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 62.40 million An | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 63.46 million An | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 63.44 million An | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 63.88 million An | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 64.30 million An | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 73.75 million An | +14.7% |
| 1969 | 72.34 million An | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 78.72 million An | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 81.77 million An | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 89.40 million An | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 78.25 million An | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 57.09 million An | -27.0% |
| 1975 | 61.31 million An | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 65.48 million An | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 63.96 million An | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 63.25 million An | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 60.32 million An | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 66.67 million An | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 73.41 million An | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 69.41 million An | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 75.27 million An | +8.5% |
| 1984 | 69.16 million An | -8.1% |
| 1985 | 78.78 million An | +13.9% |
| 1986 | 73.64 million An | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 74.87 million An | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 72.64 million An | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 70.84 million An | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 67.44 million An | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 68.41 million An | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 72.35 million An | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 63.25 million An | -12.6% |
| 1994 | 65.35 million An | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 66.65 million An | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 60.20 million An | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 61.33 million An | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 64.31 million An | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 61.27 million An | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 64.54 million An | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 68.21 million An | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 62.20 million An | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 62.33 million An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 56.47 million An | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 58.93 million An | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 61.54 million An | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 66.83 million An | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 66.22 million An | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 60.05 million An | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 52.78 million An | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 48.73 million An | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 50.09 million An | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 57.64 million An | +15.1% |
| 2014 | 59.58 million An | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 59.48 million An | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 58.32 million An | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 54.04 million An | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 57.60 million An | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 54.88 million An | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 50.82 million An | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 49.87 million An | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 51.17 million An | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 58.33 million An | +14.0% |
| 2024 | 63.99 million An | +9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65.15 million An | 59.91 million An | 73.75 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 69.96 million An | 57.09 million An | 89.40 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.47 million An | 66.67 million An | 78.78 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.06 million An | 60.20 million An | 72.35 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.73 million An | 56.47 million An | 68.21 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.31 million An | 48.73 million An | 59.58 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.84 million An | 49.87 million An | 63.99 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 1 China 341.12 million An compare
- 2 China, mainland 341.06 million An compare
- 3 India 237.70 million An compare
- 4 Türkiye 27.69 million An compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.84 million An compare
- 5 Pakistan 63.63 million An compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 6.96 million An compare
- 6 USSR 59.57 million An compare
- 7 Nigeria 48.18 million An compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 4.39 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand was 63.99 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 89.40 million An in 1972.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.73 million An in 2011.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.