Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Dominica
Dominica: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 5,257 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 5,257 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Dominica peaked at 5,277 An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,690 An, in 1970.
Dominica ranks 165th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Dominica, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,700 An | — |
| 1962 | 2,695 An | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 2,700 An | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 2,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,710 An | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 2,710 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,710 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,716 An | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 2,710 An | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 2,690 An | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 2,720 An | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 2,750 An | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 2,780 An | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 2,810 An | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,830 An | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 2,870 An | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 2,890 An | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 2,920 An | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 3,100 An | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 3,200 An | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 3,350 An | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 3,600 An | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 3,810 An | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 4,200 An | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 4,750 An | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 4,830 An | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 4,840 An | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 4,920 An | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 4,830 An | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 4,870 An | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 4,900 An | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 4,950 An | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 4,950 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,950 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,950 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,950 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,950 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,950 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,100 An | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 5,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,150 An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 5,150 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5,150 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,150 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,150 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,200 An | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 5,250 An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 5,221 An | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 5,213 An | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 5,204 An | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 5,205 An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5,215 An | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 5,219 An | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,224 An | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 5,236 An | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 5,251 An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 5,264 An | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,277 An | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,257 An | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,706 An | 2,695 An | 2,716 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,836 An | 2,690 An | 3,100 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,233 An | 3,200 An | 4,920 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,952 An | 4,870 An | 5,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,120 An | 5,100 An | 5,150 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,210 An | 5,150 An | 5,250 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,257 An | 5,236 An | 5,277 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- Rural population, per capita 0.2601 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,330 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.121 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 87.61 million current US$ (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Rural population 26.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Dominica?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Dominica was 5,257 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 5,277 An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,690 An in 1970.
- How does Dominica rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Dominica ranks 165th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.