Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 7,655 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 7,655 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 26,403 An in 1971 and was at its lowest, 3,791 An, in 2002.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 161st out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,120 An | — |
| 1962 | 10,015 An | +40.7% |
| 1963 | 9,015 An | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 10,025 An | +11.2% |
| 1965 | 11,011 An | +9.8% |
| 1966 | 13,030 An | +18.3% |
| 1967 | 16,025 An | +23.0% |
| 1968 | 12,020 An | -25.0% |
| 1969 | 10,025 An | -16.6% |
| 1970 | 14,615 An | +45.8% |
| 1971 | 26,403 An | +80.7% |
| 1972 | 22,025 An | -16.6% |
| 1973 | 18,025 An | -18.2% |
| 1974 | 15,708 An | -12.9% |
| 1975 | 20,058 An | +27.7% |
| 1976 | 16,201 An | -19.2% |
| 1977 | 17,257 An | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 16,618 An | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 16,113 An | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 18,454 An | +14.5% |
| 1981 | 17,980 An | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 16,020 An | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 14,020 An | -12.5% |
| 1984 | 16,310 An | +16.3% |
| 1985 | 18,095 An | +10.9% |
| 1986 | 24,347 An | +34.6% |
| 1987 | 20,105 An | -17.4% |
| 1988 | 21,153 An | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 20,858 An | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 17,816 An | -14.6% |
| 1991 | 16,883 An | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 16,542 An | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 13,000 An | -21.4% |
| 1994 | 11,134 An | -14.4% |
| 1995 | 9,010 An | -19.1% |
| 1996 | 7,090 An | -21.3% |
| 1997 | 6,600 An | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 5,751 An | -12.9% |
| 1999 | 4,178 An | -27.4% |
| 2000 | 4,052 An | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 4,113 An | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 3,791 An | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 4,277 An | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 6,716 An | +57.0% |
| 2005 | 7,197 An | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 11,319 An | +57.3% |
| 2007 | 12,322 An | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 10,102 An | -18.0% |
| 2009 | 11,643 An | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 12,874 An | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 13,024 An | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 9,057 An | -30.5% |
| 2013 | 9,512 An | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 8,559 An | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 8,637 An | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 8,739 An | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 8,702 An | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 8,502 An | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 8,448 An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 8,445 An | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 8,231 An | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 8,012 An | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 7,830 An | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 7,655 An | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,921 An | 7,120 An | 16,025 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,302 An | 14,615 An | 26,403 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,734 An | 14,020 An | 24,347 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,800 An | 4,178 An | 17,816 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,553 An | 3,791 An | 12,322 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,605 An | 8,448 An | 13,024 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,035 An | 7,655 An | 8,445 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR was 7,655 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 China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 26,403 An in 1971.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,791 An in 2002.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 161st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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.