Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 14.61 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bangladesh, 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 Bangladesh is 14.61 million An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Bangladesh peaked at 18.37 million An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 3.95 million An, in 1961.
That places Bangladesh 17th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.95 million An | — |
| 1962 | 4.14 million An | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 4.33 million An | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 4.71 million An | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 4.72 million An | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 4.24 million An | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 4.33 million An | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 4.41 million An | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 4.55 million An | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 4.65 million An | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 4.86 million An | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 5.10 million An | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 5.34 million An | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 5.56 million An | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 5.78 million An | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 6.09 million An | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 6.31 million An | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 6.42 million An | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 6.80 million An | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 4.75 million An | -30.2% |
| 1981 | 4.86 million An | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 4.97 million An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 5.09 million An | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 5.69 million An | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 7.58 million An | +33.2% |
| 1986 | 8.12 million An | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 8.71 million An | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 9.34 million An | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 10.01 million An | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 10.73 million An | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 11.40 million An | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 12.22 million An | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 13.23 million An | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 14.28 million An | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 15.28 million An | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 16.86 million An | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 17.91 million An | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 18.37 million An | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 16.79 million An | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 15.78 million An | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 14.64 million An | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 13.15 million An | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 11.98 million An | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 11.19 million An | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 10.72 million An | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 10.66 million An | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 11.10 million An | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 11.53 million An | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 11.98 million An | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 12.44 million An | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 12.88 million An | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 13.39 million An | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 13.49 million An | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 13.55 million An | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 13.63 million An | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 13.78 million An | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 13.88 million An | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 13.99 million An | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14.09 million An | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 14.19 million An | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 14.30 million An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 14.40 million An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 14.51 million An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 14.61 million An | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.38 million An | 3.95 million An | 4.72 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.69 million An | 4.65 million An | 6.80 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.91 million An | 4.75 million An | 10.01 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.71 million An | 10.73 million An | 18.37 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.27 million An | 10.66 million An | 15.78 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.51 million An | 12.44 million An | 14.09 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.40 million An | 14.19 million An | 14.61 million An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agriculture share gdp 11.42 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Bangladesh?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Bangladesh was 14.61 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 18.37 million An in 1998.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.95 million An in 1961.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Bangladesh ranks 17th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.