Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe
Europe: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 65.88 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Europe recorded 65.88 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe peaked at 176.28 million An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 65.88 million An, in 2024.
Europe ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 145.53 million An | 138.72 million An | 151.87 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 137.92 million An | 134.36 million An | 145.87 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 153.69 million An | 142.78 million An | 169.81 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 130.56 million An | 106.62 million An | 176.28 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.43 million An | 91.26 million An | 105.75 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.16 million An | 77.42 million An | 89.11 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.06 million An | 65.88 million An | 75.18 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 9 Sudan (former) 38.72 million An compare
- 10 Ethiopia 31.16 million An compare
- 11 Sudan 28.05 million An compare
- 12 Chad 24.68 million An compare
- 13 New Zealand 22.37 million An compare
- 14 Algeria 20.59 million An compare
- 15 Ethiopia PDR 16.11 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 41.59 million ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 108.59 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe was 65.88 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 176.28 million An in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.88 million An in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Europe ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.