Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 7,761 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador is 7,761 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador peaked at 8,500 An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4,900 An, in 1969.
That places El Salvador 160th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,400 An | — |
| 1962 | 5,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,500 An | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 5,200 An | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 5,300 An | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 5,000 An | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 4,900 An | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 4,900 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,150 An | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 5,150 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,300 An | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 5,400 An | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 6,500 An | +20.4% |
| 1978 | 6,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,550 An | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 7,050 An | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 7,100 An | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 7,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,300 An | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 7,440 An | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 7,480 An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 7,520 An | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 7,610 An | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 7,660 An | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 7,740 An | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 7,800 An | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 7,850 An | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 7,950 An | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 8,090 An | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 8,100 An | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 8,200 An | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 8,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 8,100 An | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 8,200 An | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 7,900 An | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 7,500 An | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 7,100 An | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 6,200 An | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 6,200 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,900 An | +27.4% |
| 2005 | 7,900 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7,950 An | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 8,100 An | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 8,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8,200 An | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 8,350 An | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 8,500 An | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 8,357 An | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 8,224 An | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 8,180 An | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 8,130 An | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 8,086 An | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 8,127 An | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 7,964 An | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 8,051 An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 7,955 An | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 7,861 An | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 7,761 An | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,278 An | 4,900 An | 5,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,545 An | 4,900 An | 6,550 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,400 An | 7,050 An | 7,740 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,039 An | 7,800 An | 8,200 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,505 An | 6,200 An | 8,100 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,225 An | 8,086 An | 8,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,918 An | 7,761 An | 8,051 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador was 7,761 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 8,500 An in 2013.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,900 An in 1969.
- How does El Salvador rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- El Salvador ranks 160th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.