Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 22,658 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica is 22,658 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Costa Rica peaked at 25,010 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 670 An, in 1972.
That places Costa Rica 148th out of 186 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.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 770 An | — |
| 1962 | 784 An | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 780 An | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 879 An | +12.7% |
| 1965 | 942 An | +7.2% |
| 1966 | 964 An | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 841 An | -12.8% |
| 1968 | 917 An | +9.0% |
| 1969 | 914 An | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 960 An | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 965 An | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 670 An | -30.6% |
| 1973 | 980 An | +46.3% |
| 1974 | 985 An | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 990 An | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 995 An | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 995 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 1,050 An | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 1,130 An | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 1,200 An | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 1,300 An | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 1,350 An | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 1,400 An | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 1,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 15,750 An | +1025.0% |
| 1992 | 14,892 An | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 15,176 An | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 16,207 An | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 16,675 An | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 16,480 An | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 16,304 An | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 16,381 An | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 15,750 An | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 15,750 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17,842 An | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 19,343 An | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 19,285 An | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 20,746 An | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 22,196 An | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 22,112 An | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 24,850 An | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 23,495 An | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 24,900 An | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 24,268 An | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 23,343 An | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 25,000 An | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 25,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 25,010 An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 24,969 An | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 24,960 An | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 21,445 An | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 21,356 An | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 21,268 An | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 21,005 An | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 22,225 An | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 23,184 An | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 22,635 An | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 22,658 An | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 865.67 An | 770 An | 964 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 959 An | 670 An | 1,050 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,338 An | 1,130 An | 1,400 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,502 An | 1,400 An | 16,675 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,052 An | 15,750 An | 24,900 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,662 An | 21,268 An | 25,010 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,341 An | 21,005 An | 23,184 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Costa Rica?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Costa Rica was 22,658 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 25,010 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 670 An in 1972.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Costa Rica ranks 148th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.