Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Barbados
Barbados: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 4,710 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados stood at 4,710 An.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados peaked at 17,300 An in 1979 and was at its lowest, 2,760 An, in 2001.
That places Barbados 180th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 12,489 An | 11,200 An | 14,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,400 An | 14,600 An | 17,300 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,540 An | 11,000 An | 16,800 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,351 An | 3,010 An | 3,450 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,068 An | 2,760 An | 4,767 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,020 An | 4,712 An | 5,215 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,578 An | 3,976 An | 4,941 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 177 Belize 6,309 An compare
- 178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,463 An compare
- 179 Dominica 5,257 An compare
- 181 French Polynesia 4,681 An compare
- 182 Nicaragua 4,385 An compare
- 183 China, Macao SAR 3,745 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture share gdp 1.55 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.55 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Rural population 40.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 113,898 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 118.12 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 981.37 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Barbados was 4,710 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 17,300 An in 1979.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,760 An in 2001.
- How does Barbados rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Barbados ranks 180th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados 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.