Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3.76 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 3.76 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon peaked at 4.03 million An in 2010 and was at its lowest, 771,000 An, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 49th of 202 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 907,667 An | 771,000 An | 1.08 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.18 million An | 1.03 million An | 1.40 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.55 million An | 1.21 million An | 2.23 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.53 million An | 2.43 million An | 2.68 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.91 million An | 2.75 million An | 2.94 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.65 million An | 3.09 million An | 4.03 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.74 million An | 3.66 million An | 3.78 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 46 France 4.11 million An compare
- 47 Tunisia 4.08 million An compare
- 48 United Arab Emirates 3.81 million An compare
- 50 Mauritania 3.71 million An compare
- 51 Uganda 3.70 million An compare
- 52 South Sudan 3.59 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 805,353 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon was 3.76 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 4.03 million An in 2010.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 771,000 An in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Cameroon ranks 49th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.